meaninglessly

Examples

• All

• In the debate, he spoke meaninglessly, repeating phrases without adding any real value to the discussion.

• I have felt the sting of the word "Recovery" being meaninglessly used and manipulated to receive particular outcomes for organizations.

  Blog text (28)

• "Can you see what I'm saying?" "It's like the whole world," I said meaninglessly.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Grammar instruction does not mean presenting meaninglessly structural information that learners cannot use.

  Academic text (2001)

• Pronek nodded meaninglessly, paralyzed with fear.

  Fiction book (2000)

• We moved our lips meaninglessly so we wouldn't stand out, and hummed along, and waited self-consciously.

  Academic text (2009)

• I actually feel sorry for their lot; their lives could only be frittered away in empty moment after empty moment, guzzling booze, playing out stereotypes, objectifying themselves, and then they die as meaninglessly as they lived.

  Blog text (6)

• Nature is a dull affair, soundless, scentless, colorless; merely the hurrying of material, endlessly, meaninglessly.

  Blog text (21)

• Again, this is in response to DuWayne's specific claim (and various general claims) that I should be willing to make alliances with folks like DuWayne for the purposes of meaninglessly regulating CAFO.

  Blog text (19)

• As an attempt to answer the fundamental question, "What do I want my students to be reading?" these tables of percentages—featuring categories that manage to be meaninglessly broad while still missing out on a great deal of the rich diversity of possible reading materials—seem wholly inadequate to the complexity of the underlying question.

  Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

A

aimlessly

vsmeaninglessly

24 3.7

Without a clear purpose, direction, or plan

focuses more on lacking meaning or significance rather than only direction

S

senselessly

vsmeaninglessly

4 6.0

In a way that has no good reason or purpose

is broader, focusing on lacking purpose, sense, or significance

P

pointlessly

vsmeaninglessly

4 4.3

In a way that has no purpose or use

stresses absence of purpose or significance rather than just lack of usefulness

N

nonsensically

vsmeaninglessly

1 6.5

In a way that is not logical or clear

is about lacking overall purpose or significance rather than only logic

I

inconsequentially

vsmeaninglessly

1 8.2

In a way that is not important and has no effect

is about lacking sense or purpose as well as importance

V

vacuously

vsmeaninglessly

• Formal

1 8.4

Acts without thought or understanding

is broader, referring to absence of purpose, sense, or significance

P

purposelessly

vsmeaninglessly

7.1

Doing something without a clear aim or plan

covers lack of overall sense or significance beyond just missing an aim

I

inconsequently

vsmeaninglessly

8.3

In a way not connected to the main topic

adds that the idea also lacks purpose or broader significance

I

immaterially

vsmeaninglessly

8.0

Not important and not likely to change the result

includes that it also lacks purpose or deeper sense beyond relevance

I

insubstantially

vsmeaninglessly

8.1

In a weak and unimportant way that gives little real support

is about lacking sense or purpose rather than structural substance

Antonyms

S

significantly

• Specialized

351 3.5

By a large, noticeable amount that makes a difference

P

purposefully

31 3.9

To act in a determined way to reach a clear goal

How Meaningful

purposefully

31 3.9

meaningfully

13 3.6

meaninglessly

1 5.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology