Meaningless
adjective
Having no purpose, value, or importance.
Her words were meaningless; she did not know what she was saying.
Often appears as...
- meaningless words
- meaningless effort
adjective
Not expressing clear thought or reason.
He wrote a meaningless essay that did not answer the question.
Often appears as...
- meaningless essay
- meaningless explanation
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having no interpretation or understanding.
Without context, the message is meaningless.
Often appears as...
- meaningless message
- meaningless sign
adjective
Having no purpose, value, or importance.
Her words were meaningless; she did not know what she was saying.
Often appears as...
- meaningless words
- meaningless effort
adjective
Not expressing clear thought or reason.
He wrote a meaningless essay that did not answer the question.
Often appears as...
- meaningless essay
- meaningless explanation
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having no interpretation or understanding.
Without context, the message is meaningless.
Often appears as...
- meaningless message
- meaningless sign
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Impact
Use 'meaningless' when something does not make a difference or change anything.
The team's efforts were meaningless because the project was already canceled.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Emptiness
Describe actions that do not convey genuine emotion or sentiment as 'meaningless'.
His apology felt meaningless since he didn't seem to regret his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid in Formality
'Meaningless' may be seen as harsh or informal in serious or academic contexts.
In her thesis, she avoided calling the results 'meaningless' and chose 'insignificant' instead.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Impact
Use 'meaningless' when something does not make a difference or change anything.
The team's efforts were meaningless because the project was already canceled.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Emptiness
Describe actions that do not convey genuine emotion or sentiment as 'meaningless'.
His apology felt meaningless since he didn't seem to regret his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid in Formality
'Meaningless' may be seen as harsh or informal in serious or academic contexts.
In her thesis, she avoided calling the results 'meaningless' and chose 'insignificant' instead.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Impact
Use 'meaningless' when something does not make a difference or change anything.
The team's efforts were meaningless because the project was already canceled.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Emptiness
Describe actions that do not convey genuine emotion or sentiment as 'meaningless'.
His apology felt meaningless since he didn't seem to regret his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid in Formality
'Meaningless' may be seen as harsh or informal in serious or academic contexts.
In her thesis, she avoided calling the results 'meaningless' and chose 'insignificant' instead.
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3 questions to ask...
is meaningless if you don't know why. Because when it gets hard, when it gets tough, when your friends walk away from you, when your supporters forget you, when you don't win your first race -- if you don't know why, you can't try again. So, first know what you want.
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Alex Smith: An NFL...
even helping me to go to the bathroom. I spent most of my days sitting propped up on the couch just thinking, was I ever going to walk again? Play catch with my kids again? Wrestle with them on the living room floor? All this for a stupid, meaningless game?
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How fast are you moving...
To move relative to nothing is meaningless. The concepts of speed and of rest have only relative meaning. They are absolutely meaningless. They mean something only with respect to arbitrarily chosen, artificial frames of reference.
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
because it's scientifically meaningless. I feel it's very important to talk about a specific crop and a specific product, and think about the needs of the consumer. So part of what's happening here is that there's a mental model
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Before Time and Space PIPE...
there was nothing literally nothing and the black void of space is something so is time they asked what's before the Big Bang what's before there is time is really a meaningless question and likewise to ask where the Big Bang
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A 3D atlas of the...
background that we see will fly outside it here just to see the sort of containment if we were outside this it would almost be meaningless in the census before time but this is our containment of the visible universe we
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The era of higher ideals...
upside down as you know well suddenly this job I was so eager to jump into I had worked my career for this kind of job suddenly seemed very meaningless very trivial here I go to work
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Is life meaningless? And...
that explored the value of life amidst absurdity many of which circled back to the same philosophical if life is truly meaningless, is committing suicide the only rational response?
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The violin, and my dark...
Although many people tried to comfort and encourage me, their words sounded like meaningless noise. When I was just about to give everything up after years of suffering,
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Dillie the Deer: Love on...
her love bank was so plentiful that she would touch the lives and hearts of people all over the world this small dying meaningless creature
Video examples
3 questions to ask...
is meaningless if you don't know why. Because when it gets hard, when it gets tough, when your friends walk away from you, when your supporters forget you, when you don't win your first race -- if you don't know why, you can't try again. So, first know what you want.
Video examples
Alex Smith: An NFL...
even helping me to go to the bathroom. I spent most of my days sitting propped up on the couch just thinking, was I ever going to walk again? Play catch with my kids again? Wrestle with them on the living room floor? All this for a stupid, meaningless game?
Video examples
How fast are you moving...
To move relative to nothing is meaningless. The concepts of speed and of rest have only relative meaning. They are absolutely meaningless. They mean something only with respect to arbitrarily chosen, artificial frames of reference.
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
because it's scientifically meaningless. I feel it's very important to talk about a specific crop and a specific product, and think about the needs of the consumer. So part of what's happening here is that there's a mental model
Video examples
Before Time and Space PIPE...
there was nothing literally nothing and the black void of space is something so is time they asked what's before the Big Bang what's before there is time is really a meaningless question and likewise to ask where the Big Bang
Video examples
A 3D atlas of the...
background that we see will fly outside it here just to see the sort of containment if we were outside this it would almost be meaningless in the census before time but this is our containment of the visible universe we
Video examples
The era of higher ideals...
upside down as you know well suddenly this job I was so eager to jump into I had worked my career for this kind of job suddenly seemed very meaningless very trivial here I go to work
Video examples
Is life meaningless? And...
that explored the value of life amidst absurdity many of which circled back to the same philosophical if life is truly meaningless, is committing suicide the only rational response?
Video examples
The violin, and my dark...
Although many people tried to comfort and encourage me, their words sounded like meaningless noise. When I was just about to give everything up after years of suffering,
Video examples
Dillie the Deer: Love on...
her love bank was so plentiful that she would touch the lives and hearts of people all over the world this small dying meaningless creature
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Alicia Keys
American Musician
Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a very meaningless place if you don't really understand: 'who am I? Why am I here? What am I doing?' To feel fulfilment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing.
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Greta Thunburg
Swedish Environmentalist
Before I started school striking I had no energy, no friends and I didn't speak to anyone. I just sat alone at home, with an eating disorder. All of that is gone now, since I have found a meaning, in a world that sometimes seems shallow and meaningless to so many people.
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Jason Fried
American Businessman
Nearly every boss has said it. And just about every employee has heard it. Yet it's one of the most meaningless lines ever spoken in the office: 'My door is always open.
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Josh Tillman
American Musician
I've engineered my life so that my only value in this world is in my writing, which is really dangerous, because if it's a failure, then my life is meaningless.
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Neil Diamond
American Musician
I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place.
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Evan Sayet
American Comedian
Academics act like they are important, but when something is academic it is meaningless. People say, 'It's academic, now let's get work done.
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Joe Calzaghe
Welsh Athlete
I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.
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Corazon Aquino
Statesman
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
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Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
Sometimes I feel I'm living a meaningless life, and I get frightened.
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Thomas Nagel
Yugoslavian Philosopher
Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
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Alicia Keys
American Musician
Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a very meaningless place if you don't really understand: 'who am I? Why am I here? What am I doing?' To feel fulfilment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing.
Quote examples
Greta Thunburg
Swedish Environmentalist
Before I started school striking I had no energy, no friends and I didn't speak to anyone. I just sat alone at home, with an eating disorder. All of that is gone now, since I have found a meaning, in a world that sometimes seems shallow and meaningless to so many people.
Quote examples
Jason Fried
American Businessman
Nearly every boss has said it. And just about every employee has heard it. Yet it's one of the most meaningless lines ever spoken in the office: 'My door is always open.
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Josh Tillman
American Musician
I've engineered my life so that my only value in this world is in my writing, which is really dangerous, because if it's a failure, then my life is meaningless.
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Neil Diamond
American Musician
I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place.
Quote examples
Evan Sayet
American Comedian
Academics act like they are important, but when something is academic it is meaningless. People say, 'It's academic, now let's get work done.
Quote examples
Joe Calzaghe
Welsh Athlete
I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.
Quote examples
Corazon Aquino
Statesman
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
Quote examples
Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
Sometimes I feel I'm living a meaningless life, and I get frightened.
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Thomas Nagel
Yugoslavian Philosopher
Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
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