- 1without any purpose or reason and therefore not worth doing or having synonym pointless a meaningless existence We fill up our lives with meaningless tasks.
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- 2not considered important synonym irrelevant Fines are meaningless to a huge company like that.
- 3not having a meaning that is easy to understand To me that painting is completely meaningless.
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