MEANINGLESS
ADJECTIVES
► HAIVELESS senseless, meaningless → 1804 Sc.
► IMPORTLESS without import or significance; trivial, unimportant; meaningless → 1606 obs.
► PURPORTLESS meaningless, pointless → 1802
NOUNS
► AIRY NOTHINGS trivial or superficial remarks; meaningless compliments; matters of no consequence → c1330
► ANODYNE a bland, inoffensive, or meaningless statement or idea → 1923
► FANNY ADAMS nothing, anything meaningless, nonsense, rubbish → 1910s euphemism for ‘fuck-all’
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