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meaningless

/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/ adjective C1
  1. Lacking meaning. · The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English.
  2. Insignificant; not worthy of importance. · All our efforts were ultimately meaningless.
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There I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had, considerably more freely than I ought.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 2 · B2
“Up to this point,” said Faria, interrupting the thread of his narrative, “this seems to you very meaningless, no doubt, eh?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 192 · C1

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