showing no sense or intelligence; empty; expressionless
unmeaning in American English
(unˈminɪŋ)
adjective
1.
not meaning anything; devoid of intelligence, sense, or significance, as words or actions; pointless; empty
2.
expressionless, vacant, or unintelligent, as the face; insipid
Derived forms
unmeaningly
adverb
Word origin
[1695–1705; un-1 + meaning]This word is first recorded in the period 1695–1705. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: caisson, nonresistant, nucleus, piston, thoroughbredun- is a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative oropposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment)
Examples of 'unmeaning' in a sentence
unmeaning
It is, as your ex so charmingly phrases it, 'unmeaning', or its more brutal definition, meaningless.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He is sometimes affected, unmeaning, and obscure; but he also catches rich glimpses of the bower of paradise.