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Meanings of meaningless in English

Portuguese
sem significado

Having no meaning or direction or purpose.

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Usage of meaningless in English
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Of course, for most businesses and individuals, the official rate is meaningless.
The Guardian
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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
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Ringling asked a few meaningless questions and let it go at that.
Stories: all-new tales
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A lot of people think that meaningless names are the true puzzle.
The black prism
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They must prove by their actions that these words are not meaningless.
The Irish Times
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For anyone under the age of 20, the concept is probably meaningless.
The Irish Times
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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
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The cheerful advice on how to survive a nuclear war was meaningless.
The Guardian
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Nevertheless, there must be a prize at stake-otherwisethe sport is meaningless.
Scarlet
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Beyond this point, they say, the very notion of distance becomes meaningless.
Wired
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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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