单词 | meaningless |
释义 | meaningless (once / 1593 pages) adj WORD FAMILY meaningless: meaninglessly, meaninglessness+/mean: meaner, meanest, meaning, meaningly, meanly, meanness, means, meant/meaning: meaningful, meaningless, meanings/meaningful: meaningfully, meaningfulness, nonmeaningful/meanness: meannesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe popular vote in a national election is meaningless. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The whole series felt like a threadbare film idea meaninglessly stretched to total breaking point. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Aside from the playoffs, most bowl results are meaningless if the game is played before New Year’s. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) adj having no meaning or direction or purpose a meaningless endeavor a meaningless life a verbose but meaningless explanation Syn|Ant nonmeaningful unimportant not important empty, hollow, vacuousdevoid of significance or point insignificantsignifying nothing mindlesslacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being nonsense, nonsensicalhaving no intelligible meaning purposelessnot evidencing any purpose or goal insignificant, unimportantdevoid of importance, meaning, or force meaningful having a meaning or purpose meaty, substantivebeing on topic and prompting thought meaning, pregnant, significantrich in significance or implication purposefulhaving meaning through having an aim purposefulserving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal important, significantimportant in effect or meaning |
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