How to Use meaningless in a Sentence

meaningless

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  • He felt that his work was meaningless.
  • The movie was filled with meaningless violence.
  • All the gifts in the world would be meaningless without the sentiment to back them up.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2022
  • As is always the case, the final score is meaningless this time of year.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2022
  • But there were too many meaningless games around the NFL this weekend.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The Browns may not have playoff hopes, but those glimpses are not meaningless.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Worse, the word is so vague and generic as to be nearly meaningless.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Monken was not about to use any of his bread-and-butter looks in a meaningless contest.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Deciding on a winner based on the work is meaningless, because 99% of the time the winning work won’t even see the light of day.
    — Avi Dan, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Some say the rest of these September games are meaningless.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • At the end of this hard-fought and meaningless struggle nothing was resolved, but there was grave loss on all sides.
    — Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Randle wasn’t happy with Allen for the strong contest on a meaningless shot.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The stakes for Day 3 of the NFL draft typically don't compare to the first two nights of the event, but the final four rounds are hardly meaningless.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The Texans won a meaningless game late in the year versus Indianapolis, which hurt their draft choice and moved up the Colts in the order.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2023
  • In the end, skin color will be shown to be meaningless for identity, a mere construct.
    — Namwali Serpell, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Summer-league performances are often meaningless in the grand scheme of the NBA.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2022
  • In recent comments made on Threads, Gunn said meaningless comic book movie cameos hurt the genre.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023
  • In too many places, voting came to be seen as a meaningless ritual.
    — Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Metaphors were meaningless now; Gaye was actually in the ring.
    — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
  • So much so as to render the 47–48 percent figure meaningless.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
  • Corporate values can be just meaningless words, printed on a poster, in a break-room at the office.
    — Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The final game of Phoenix’s season, against Chicago, could be meaningless for last season’s champs.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2022
  • One problem with assessing the rise and fall of wokeness is that the term is vacuous to the point of being meaningless.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Washington's defense sat six starters in a meaningless game for it.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
  • But the rest of the case count has been rendered meaningless too, as cities roll back mass testing and allow people to use antigen tests and isolate at home.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 19 Dec. 2022
  • During lockdown, a lot of people had the sense that time had all but stopped, becoming meaningless.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Of course, all of this promotion is meaningless if no one is watching or paying.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
  • And in his eyes, education was meaningless if not used to help others.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Because awards are meaningless in the face of a conflict that could soon involve actors and directors as well?
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • Though the streak was ultimately meaningless in terms of outcome, the effort behind it was not in the eyes of Ravens coach John Harbaugh and his players.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023

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