"meanless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more meanless [comparative], most meanless [superlative]
Etymology: From mean + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mean|less}} mean + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} meanless (comparative more meanless, superlative most meanless)
  1. (archaic) Meaningless, lacking meaning. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-meanless-en-adj-c7aR7nvy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35
  2. (not comparable, mathematics) Having no (mathematical) mean, or having a mean of zero. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-meanless-en-adj-hZC4Is2u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: meanlessness
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