"meaninglessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meaninglessnesses [plural]
Etymology: From meaningless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|meaningless|ness}} meaningless + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} meaninglessness (usually uncountable, plural meaninglessnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of lacking meaning): zinloosheid [feminine] (Dutch), sensignifeco (Esperanto), merkityksettömyys (Finnish), futilité [feminine] (French), absurdité [feminine] (French), Bedeutungslosigkeit [feminine] (German), Sinnlosigkeit [feminine] (German), 無意味 (muimi) (alt: むいみ) (Japanese), bezjēdzība [feminine] (Latvian), bezjēdzīgums [masculine] (Latvian), bêwatetî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), meningsløshet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), meiningsløyse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bezsensowność (Polish), sinsentido (Spanish), meningslöshet [common-gender] (Swedish), anlamsızlık (Turkish), manasızlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-meaninglessness-en-noun-mPdqw~hC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 95 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'state of lacking meaning': 98 2
  2. (countable) Anything that is meaningless. Tags: countable, usually
    Sense id: en-meaninglessness-en-noun-ZXy5c6Zl

Inflected forms

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        "(uncountable) The state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless."
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          "alt": "むいみ",
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          "sense": "state of lacking meaning",
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        "(countable) Anything that is meaningless."
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