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meaningless

[mee-ning-lis] / ˈmi nɪŋ lɪs /


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The hiring official has no way to know which test scores are valid and which are meaningless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Everyone, he writes, should instead be more family-focused and less devoted to meaningless work.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

"All of a sudden here's something eccentric, albeit materially meaningless, that I could do."

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Miller: When I entered the business was so long ago, it’s meaningless, my advice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Of course, there are assumptions underlying these phrases which are invalid or meaningless without clarification.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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