meaningless

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English

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Etymology

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meaning +‎ -less

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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meaningless (comparative more meaningless, superlative most meaningless)

  1. Lacking meaning.
    The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English.
  2. Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
    All our efforts were ultimately meaningless.
    • 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
      Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of lacking meaning): meaningful
  • (antonym(s) of not worthy of importance): significant

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