"meaningless" meaning in English

See meaningless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/ Audio: en-us-meaningless.ogg [US] Forms: meaningless [positive], more meaningless [comparative], most meaningless [superlative]
Etymology: meaning + -less Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|meaning|less}} meaning + -less Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When something is meaningless, it has no meaning. It is not important.
    Sense id: simple-meaningless-en-adj-PgOAX-qo
  2. When something is meaningless, it has no meaning. It has no purpose.
    Sense id: simple-meaningless-en-adj-yA8svBhw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -less
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