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unmeaning

[ uhn-mee-ning ]

/ ʌnˈmi nɪŋ /

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adjective

not meaning anything; devoid of intelligence, sense, or significance, as words or actions; pointless; empty.

expressionless, vacant, or unintelligent, as the face; insipid.

Origin of unmeaning

First recorded in 1695–1705; un-¹ + meaning

OTHER WORDS FROM unmeaning

un·mean·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby unmeaning

unmannerly, unmarked, unmarried, unmask, unmatched, unmeaning, unmeaningful, unmeant, unmeasured, unmeet, unmemorable

Example sentences from the Web for unmeaning

A mere word, an unmeaning sound that fixes no impression on the mind.

The Sorrows of Young Werther |J.W. von Goethe
Surely the answer to all this hubbub of unmeaning words is the plainest possible.

The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4) |Thomas Babington Macaulay
The entry was a hopelessly illegible jumble of unmeaning lines and figures.

Wenderholme |Philip Gilbert Hamerton
That this threat was not unmeaning had been seen a few years earlier in a case even more noted, and in the same city.

History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom |Andrew Dickson White

Dick's answer came in the like unmeaning tones, and as wearily.

Within the Law |Marvin Dana

British Dictionary definitions for unmeaning

unmeaning

/ (ʌnˈmiːnɪŋ) /

adjective

having no meaning

showing no intelligence; vacant an unmeaning face

Derived forms of unmeaning

unmeaningly, adverb unmeaningness, noun