Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being meaningless, or without significance or import.
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- noun The state of lacking
meaning ; the quality of beingmeaningless . - noun Anything that is meaningless.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a message that seems to convey no meaning
- noun the quality of having no value or significance
Etymologies
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Examples
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I've just finished an article which addresses some of the issues that have come up in this comments trail, notably the 'meaninglessness' of certain aspects of MMOs.
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Police later recovered a suicide note, in which he wrote about the "meaninglessness" of life.
Top Headlines 2009
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The endless parsing of some sections of the Proclamation on the Family, and the possibility of defending sometimes precisely opposite positions with reference to it, suggest that it is a prime example of the sort of "meaninglessness" Orwell is talking about.
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People are haunted by a feeling of meaninglessness which is often accompanied by a feeling of emptiness … "
Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Passover 5770 - March 29, 2010 ] 2010
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In a continuing gale of anger and inanity, with "liberal" and "conservative" already bashed into meaninglessness, who's up for more "debate"?
Carla Seaquist: Is This a Culture That Wants to Save Itself? Carla Seaquist 2010
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In a continuing gale of anger and inanity, with "liberal" and "conservative" already bashed into meaninglessness, who's up for more "debate"?
Carla Seaquist: Is This a Culture That Wants to Save Itself? Carla Seaquist 2010
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It sprang up as an outlet to give the voiceless a voice, and meaninglessness some meaning.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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The word, she says, has been watered down to the point of meaninglessness, like so many white wine spritzers.
Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Pick a You, Any You: The Emotional Cost of Living Online Barbara 2011
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Abstract individual country targets are meaninglessness unless worldwide and enforced by the UN.
Response: We don't need to de-industrialise to meet our emissions targets 2011
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In a continuing gale of anger and inanity, with "liberal" and "conservative" already bashed into meaninglessness, who's up for more "debate"?
Carla Seaquist: Is This a Culture That Wants to Save Itself? Carla Seaquist 2010
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