Meaninglessness

//ˈminɪŋlɪsnɪs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless. uncountable, usually

    "Near-synonyms: pointlessness, purposelessness, uselessness"

  2. 2
    the quality of having no value or significance wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything that is meaningless. countable, usually

    "all the little meaninglessnesses of human existence"

  4. 4
    a message that seems to convey no meaning wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
absurditybalderdashballoon juicebellywashblahblatherskite

Example

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"I thought "like money for a cat" was different than "like pearls before swine". I thought it was a tribute to the exemplary nature of the cat and the ultimate meaninglessness of the materialism of money."

Etymology

From meaningless + -ness.

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