Definitions

meaningless

[mee-ning-lis] / ˈmi nɪŋ lɪs /

ADJECTIVE

without use, value, worth

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absurd empty futile hollow inconsequential insignificant pointless senseless trivial unimportant useless vague worthless

WEAK

aimless blank doesn't cut it double-talk doublespeak feckless fustian good-for-nothing hot air inane insubstantial nonsensical nothing nugatory purportless purposeless trifling unmeaning unpurposed vacant vain valueless vapid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain consequential fruitful full important meaningful productive profitable rational reasonable sensible significant substantial useful valuable wise worthwhile

Example Sentences

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He filled in the meaningless words—Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, Neanderthal—with great relief.

From Literature

I realize I’m making an aesthetic argument many will not accept, particularly if they start from the position that football games are boring, meaningless, or both.

From Los Angeles Times

You don’t have to deny the pain caused by recent inflation to acknowledge that affordability in the abstract, detached from any circumstance, is meaningless.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Hockney said that figure was "meaningless", insisting: "It is priceless."

From BBC

Aunt Kitty didn’t utter meaningless comments like “That’s nice” unless her thoughts were racing off somewhere else.

From Literature

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