meaningless

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"I saw it as a meaningless restriction, as it didn't impact on my work in any way, therefore I accepted it for a quiet life," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Without assigning a sense of consequence, the money becomes meaningless to the kid, said Matt Chancey, a certified financial planner and founder of Tax Alpha Companies in Florida.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

UMA founder Hart Lambur said in an email that the potential conflicts weren’t large enough to matter: “These votes didn’t shift the overall vote outcome at all and were meaningless to the final resolution.”

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

In dissent, she quoted Marshall’s warning that if all the voting districts in the South have white majorities, Black citizens will be left with a “right to cast meaningless ballots.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

In most of physics and chemistry the concepts of “ultimate cause,” “purpose,” and “function” are meaningless, yet they are essential to understanding living systems in general and human activities in particular.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond