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useless words
noun as in piffle
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The United States will issue a halfhearted rebuke and some useless words about “deploring the deaths” that occurred on the ships.
The more carefully we cut away useless words, the more perfect will become the lesson.
M. Manuel pressed me no longer; he had too much sense to waste time in useless words.
"It's no use for you fellows to grumble," Jim Freeman said with a laugh, he having come up just in time to hear the useless words.
The first step towards the polishing of most styles is to strike out—polish off—the useless words and phrases.
I laughed heartily at this, and never even contradicted the report, as I have a horror of useless words.
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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to useless words, such as: balderdash, baloney, bull, bunk, drivel, and foolishness.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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