Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: meaningless
IPA transcription: [m'inɪŋləs]
Pronunciations of meaningless
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: meaningless, nonmeaningful
    Meaning: having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"
Usage examples
  • He felt that if he admitted that, it would be proved that he had been talking meaningless rubbish.
  • Hastening back to Perry where he pored over a musty pile of, to me, meaningless hieroglyphics, I explained my plan to him.
  • Those last expressions I have quoted about the "august Mother of the house" were unintelligible, and appeared to me meaningless.
  • So firmly had this idea become rooted in men's minds, that no one ever seems to have contemplated the possibility of its being false or meaningless.
  • Experience as trying involves change, but change is meaningless transition unless it is consciously connected with the return wave of consequences which flow from it.
  • Ordinary theology has long since converted its gold into lead, and words and phrases that once touched the heart of the world have become wearisome and meaningless through repetition.
  • The neglected body, having no organized fruitful channels of activity, breaks forth, without knowing why or how, into meaningless boisterousness, or settles into equally meaningless fooling--both very different from the normal play of children.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Trolley problem, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Manchester, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Omnipotence paradox, License CC BY-SA 4.0