adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Lacking meaning.

   "The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English."

2. 2
   Insignificant; not worthy of importance.

   "All our efforts were ultimately meaningless."

Adjective

1. 1
   having no meaning or direction or purpose wordnet
2. 2
   producing no result or effect wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

insignificantnonsensicalpurposelessunavailingunmeaningvacuous

Antonyms

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purposemeaningfulsensicalsignificant

Example

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"Technology is in itself meaningless unless it serves mankind."

Etymology

From meaning + -less.

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