Technology is in itself meaningless unless it serves mankind.
Source: tatoeba (23989)
Meaningless
//ˈmiːnɪŋləs//
Synonyms for "meaningless" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (66)
nonsystematicnonuniformnugatorynullof no useorderlesspaltryphaticplanlesspointlesspreposterouspromiscuouspunypurportlessrandomridiculousscrambledsecretivesemantics freesenseless
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shapelesssillyslightspasmodicsporadicstragglingstragglysuperficialsuperfluoussystemlesstriflingtrivialunarrangedunclassifieduncommunicativeunconversableundirectedungradedunimportantunjoinedunmethodicalunorderedunorganizedunpurposedunsignificantunsociableunsortedunsubstantialunsymmetricalunsystematicununiformuselessvacantvaguevainvaluelesswanderingwithout rhyme or reasonworthless
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesdistinct from
3 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
16 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 38 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անիմաստ adj (lacking meaning)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mənasız adj (lacking meaning)
Bulgarian
3 entries- безсмислен adj (lacking meaning)
- безцелен adj (lacking meaning)
- незначителен adj (insignificant)
Catalan
1 entries- sense sentit adj (lacking meaning)
Czech
1 entries- bezvýznamný adj (lacking meaning)
Danish
1 entries- betydningsløs adj (lacking meaning)
Dutch
2 entries- betekenisloos adj (lacking meaning)
- zinloos adj (lacking meaning)
Esperanto
2 entries- sensignifa adj (lacking meaning)
- ventaĵa adj (insignificant)
Estonian
1 entries- mõttetu adj (lacking meaning)
Finnish
3 entries- merkityksetön adj (lacking meaning)
- merkityksetön adj (insignificant)
- mitätön adj (insignificant)
French
2 entries- dénué de sens adj (lacking meaning)
- dépourvu de sens adj (lacking meaning)
Galician
1 entries- sen sentido adj (lacking meaning)
German
2 entries- bedeutungslos adj (lacking meaning)
- sinnlos adj (lacking meaning)
Greek
1 entries- χωρίς σημασία adj (lacking meaning)
Hindi
4 entries- अर्थहीन adj (lacking meaning)
- तुच्छ adj (insignificant)
- नगण्य adj (insignificant)
- निरर्थक adj (lacking meaning)
Irish
1 entries- gan chiall adj (lacking meaning)
Italian
4 entries- insignificante adj (lacking meaning)
- privo di significato adj (lacking meaning)
- senza capo né coda adj (lacking meaning)
- senza senso adj (lacking meaning)
Japanese
3 entries- つまらない adj (lacking meaning)
- 取るに足らない adj (lacking meaning)
- 無意味な adj (lacking meaning)
Latin
1 entries- vānus adj (insignificant)
Latvian
1 entries- bezjēdzīgs adj (lacking meaning)
Lithuanian
2 entries- bereikšmis adj (lacking meaning)
- nereikšmingas adj (lacking meaning)
Māori
1 entries- hakihakiā adj (lacking meaning)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- meiningslaus adj (lacking meaning)
- meiningsløs adj (lacking meaning)
- meningslaus adj (lacking meaning)
- meningsløs adj (lacking meaning)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- meiningslaus adj (lacking meaning)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بی معنی adj (lacking meaning)
- یاوان adj (insignificant)
Polish
2 entries- bez znaczenia adj (lacking meaning)
- bezsensowny adj (lacking meaning)
Portuguese
2 entries- insignificante adj (lacking meaning)
- sem sentido adj (lacking meaning)
Russian
1 entries- бессмы́сленный adj (lacking meaning)
Scots
1 entries- meaninless adj (lacking meaning)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bèsmislen adj (lacking meaning)
- бѐсмислен adj (lacking meaning)
Spanish
2 entries- insensato adj (lacking meaning)
- sin sentido adj (lacking meaning)
Swedish
1 entries- betydelselös adj (lacking meaning)
Telugu
1 entries- అర్థంలేని adj (lacking meaning)
Thai
2 entries- ไม่มีความหมาย adj (lacking meaning)
- ไร้ความหมาย adj (lacking meaning)
Turkish
4 entries- anlamsız adj (lacking meaning)
- boş adj (lacking meaning)
- manasız adj (lacking meaning)
- saçma adj (lacking meaning)
Ukrainian
1 entries- безглуздий adj (lacking meaning)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vô nghĩa adj (lacking meaning)
Welsh
1 entries- diystyr adj (lacking meaning)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
That's quite meaningless.
Source: tatoeba (42620)
It's better not to prattle on about meaningless things. The more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it.
Source: tatoeba (240548)
You won't make any progress just studying on the weekends. It's meaningless unless you do it every day.
Source: tatoeba (266437)
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