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Meaningless is an English word with synonyms like insignificant or purposeless. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Meaningless in a sentence

Meaningless | Meaninglessness | Meaninglessly

Meaningless meaning

  1. Lacking meaning.
  2. Insignificant; not worthy of importance.

Using Meaningless

  • The main meaning on this page is: Lacking meaning. | Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
  • Useful related words include: insignificant, purposeless, unimportant, senseless.
  • In the example corpus, meaningless often appears in combinations such as: is meaningless, are meaningless, and meaningless.

Context around Meaningless

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Meaningless

  • In this selection, "meaningless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rendered, mostly, become, win, futile and stock stand out and add context to how "meaningless" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include it is meaningless to speak and with a meaningless win in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "meaningless" sits close to words such as afforded, auckland and bahrain, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with meaningless

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Otherwise, Cronin is right, it’s all pretty meaningless. (9 words)

Our lives are therefore meaningless, and this world is devoid of spirituality. (12 words)

A vital essence of communication is rendered meaningless; there is no possibility of a soul connection. (16 words)

At first I assumed that as this exchange took place in the Lords it might be quite common for a geriatric member waking from a snooze to ask a question with little connection to the debate and get fobbed off by what is usually a meaningless stock answer. (48 words)

The irony of all of this is that after knocking the Ravens out of the playoffs with a meaningless win in 2017, the Bengals may have the opportunity to give the Ravens the division title with a meaningless win in 2018. (41 words)

But now we get the worst of all worlds: our voice in the presidential race is meaningless and everyone appearing in down-ballot races has to speed everything up – including qualifying for the ballot, fundraising, and securing endorsements. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

His story arc was meaningless, the movie was meaningless and tame af for being a "multiverse" movie.

The irony of all of this is that after knocking the Ravens out of the playoffs with a meaningless win in 2017, the Bengals may have the opportunity to give the Ravens the division title with a meaningless win in 2018.

But in Berkeley's view, just as it is meaningless to speak of triangularity in general aside from specific figures, so it is meaningless to speak of mass in motion without knowing the color.

And maybe the one true through line of history is that stupid people will always follow stupid people, whistling on the way to our meaningless, futile deaths.

At first I assumed that as this exchange took place in the Lords it might be quite common for a geriatric member waking from a snooze to ask a question with little connection to the debate and get fobbed off by what is usually a meaningless stock answer.

A vital essence of communication is rendered meaningless; there is no possibility of a soul connection.

But now we get the worst of all worlds: our voice in the presidential race is meaningless and everyone appearing in down-ballot races has to speed everything up – including qualifying for the ballot, fundraising, and securing endorsements.

But the competitive fire with which he pitches was on full display Friday, even during a mostly meaningless 30-35 pitch session against hitters.

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Given this, they contend that providing examples of people with ambiguous sexual anatomy (i.e., “intersex” conditions) not only disproves the sex binary but also demonstrates that biological sex is a meaningless and even oppressive categorization scheme.

He checks the requisite boxes athletically, and the tape is impressive overall, making his inability to participate in all drills a rather meaningless concern.

In about two decades from now, oil reserves may become meaningless,” the former Labour Party presidential campaign director said.

In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Harry and his friends have to listen to a History of Magic professor, Cuthbert Binns, drone on about uninteresting, meaningless events from the past.

It coincides with him feeling like every conversation, pursuit, and interest is completely and utterly meaningless.

It makes the draft feel a little less meaningless, but I do think they can take it a step further.

It’s been called “ridiculous,” “pointless,” and “one of the most meaningless and truly stupid” benchmarks ever.

Nor will those countries do anything to run Gaza beyond providing aid and some meaningless formalities.

Otherwise, Cronin is right, it’s all pretty meaningless.

Our lives are therefore meaningless, and this world is devoid of spirituality.

Playing in a bowl game that most would deem meaningless is certainly in character for him.

She chats to digital creator Klaudia Kedziora, Sustainibility Influenced founder Bianca Foley, and journalist Sophie Benson about how to move away from fast fashion and meaningless consumption, and build a sustainable wardrobe that works for you.

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Common combinations with meaningless

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "meaningless" in a sentence?
An example: "His story arc was meaningless, the movie was meaningless and tame af for being a "multiverse" movie." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "meaningless" from authentic English texts.
What does "meaningless" mean?
Meaningless means: Lacking meaning.
What are synonyms of "meaningless"?
Common synonyms of "meaningless" include: insignificant, purposeless, unimportant, senseless, pointless, nonsensical, nonsense, mindless. Plus 6 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "meaningless" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "meaningless", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.