"informationless" meaning in English

See informationless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: information + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|information|less}} information + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} informationless (not comparable)
  1. Devoid of information; meaningless. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-informationless-en-adj-rHQRJGSB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "ref": "1998, Roger Hersch, Jacques André, Heather Brown, Electronic publishing, artistic imaging, and digital typography",
          "text": "And what is an informationless word in one language can be very useful in another language or context...",
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          "ref": "2008, Marc Brevoort, Growing Better Software",
          "text": "A good example of an informationless key is a UUID (essentially a random 128 bit value, guaranteed to be unique) which is typically displayed as hex string.",
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