Thesaurus / meaningless
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People will tell themselves that getting rid of their pillow is a meaningless protest.
MYPILLOW BOYCOTT: HOW A PRODUCT CAN SPARK AN IDENTITY CRISISELIZABETH CHANGFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
They see results from last year’s 60-game season as almost meaningless.
THE NATIONALS, LIKE THE REST OF US, WANT TO FORGET ABOUT 2020. THAT MIGHT BE PRETTY SMART.THOMAS M. BOSWELLFEBRUARY 10, 2021WASHINGTON POST
A meaningless stream of letters lit up on the lamp board, ready to be radioed.
HACKERS THRIVE ON THE WEAK LINK IN CYBERSECURITY: PEOPLEGERSHOM GORENBERGFEBRUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST
New York Knicks Coach Tom Thibodeau might not bat an eye at playing stars 50 minutes in a meaningless mid-January game, but Nash must exercise a lot more restraint to align himself with modern best practices.
WITH KYRIE IRVING BACK, ROOKIE COACH STEVE NASH HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET HIS STARS ALIGNEDBEN GOLLIVERJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Wendi Thomas showed that being an essential worker is effectively meaningless when nobody cares about your well-being.
PROPUBLICA’S TOP 25 STORIES OF 2020BY KARIM DOUMARJANUARY 11, 2021PROPUBLICA
So it’s not meaningless to ask what the “size” of the proton is.
A BREAKTHROUGH IN MEASURING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF NATURE - FACTS SO ROMANTICSUBODH PATILJANUARY 8, 2021NAUTILUS
The 99 percent survivability rate of this virus is meaningless if, 20 years from now, it causes some devastating pulmonary or brain disease.
VACCINES ARE THE SAFEST MEDICAL PROCEDURE WE HAVE. MAKE YOUR WAGER WISELY - FACTS SO ROMANTICSTUART FIRESTEINDECEMBER 29, 2020NAUTILUS
His Gators teammates, some in tears, huddled to pray, and after some discussion the game continued, with Florida State putting away a comparatively meaningless win.
WITH COVID RAGING, WHY ARE WE EVEN STILL PLAYING COLLEGE BASKETBALL?MATTHEWHEIMERDECEMBER 14, 2020FORTUNE
The thoughts which came to him were startlingly primitive, direct and sometimes meaningless to him.
THE MAN FROM TIMEFRANK BELKNAP LONG
The vociferous tones pierce my ears, and my heart bleeds at his meaningless declamation.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMAN
WORDS RELATED TO MEANINGLESS
- abortive
- bootless
- counterproductive
- disadvantageous
- dysfunctional
- expendable
- feckless
- fruitless
- futile
- good-for-nothing
- hopeless
- idle
- impracticable
- impractical
- incompetent
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inept
- inoperative
- inutile
- meaningless
- no good
- nonfunctional
- of no use
- pointless
- profitless
- purposeless
- scrap
- stupid
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unfunctional
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unpurposed
- unusuable
- unworkable
- vain
- valueless
- waste
- weak
- worthless
- abortive
- bootless
- counterproductive
- disadvantageous
- dysfunctional
- expendable
- feckless
- fruitless
- futile
- good-for-nothing
- hopeless
- idle
- impracticable
- impractical
- incompetent
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inept
- inoperative
- inutile
- meaningless
- no good
- nonfunctional
- of no use
- pointless
- profitless
- purposeless
- scrap
- stupid
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unfunctional
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unpurposed
- unusuable
- unworkable
- vain
- valueless
- waste
- weak
- worthless
- abandoned
- abject
- barren
- base
- bogus
- cheap
- contemptible
- counterproductive
- despicable
- empty
- futile
- good-for-nothing
- ignoble
- inconsequential
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inferior
- insignificant
- inutile
- meaningless
- mediocre
- miserable
- no-account
- no-good
- nothing
- nugatory
- paltry
- pointless
- poor
- profitless
- sterile
- trashy
- trifling
- trivial
- unavailing
- unessential
- unimportant
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unusable
- useless
- valueless
- waste
- wretched
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.