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Meanings of meaningless in English

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Having no meaning or direction or purpose.

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      1
      Of course, for most businesses and individuals, the official rate is meaningless.
      The Guardian
      2
      In the absence of properly kept records, however, such legislation becomes meaningless.
      The Irish Times
      3
      Following Bridgman, we might prepare a list of meaningless questions in economics:
      The Tyranny Of Words
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      He said the change was meaningless, and would be impossible to enforce.
      Radio NZ
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      But critics said the ruling showed that law enforcement had become meaningless.
      The Irish Times
      6
      Ringling asked a few meaningless questions and let it go at that.
      Stories: all-new tales
      7
      A lot of people think that meaningless names are the true puzzle.
      The black prism
      8
      They must prove by their actions that these words are not meaningless.
      The Irish Times
      9
      For anyone under the age of 20, the concept is probably meaningless.
      The Irish Times
      10
      Shrill voices rose in meaningless cries above the roaring of the fire.
      The Honor of the Big Snows
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      They both know: eleven-fifteen is good, but meaningless now, like yesterday's newspaper.
      To the end of the land
      12
      The cheerful advice on how to survive a nuclear war was meaningless.
      The Guardian
      13
      Nevertheless, there must be a prize at stake-otherwisethe sport is meaningless.
      Scarlet
      14
      Beyond this point, they say, the very notion of distance becomes meaningless.
      Wired
      15
      His father murmured meaningless words, but none of them stopped to listen.
      Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
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      By this we must conclude that power is both meaningless and delusional.'
      Forge of Darkness
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