adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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In fact the limitations which Baldwin accepted on this occasion were almost meaningless .
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Each side generates a discourse that is powerless and almost meaningless in the linguistic world of the other.
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But many more I found so general in their sentiments as to be, for me, almost meaningless .
as
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Treating to as meaningless in some or all of its uses with the infinitive raises several serious problems however.
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Such claims might be contentious, but it would be odd to see them as meaningless .
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Mysticism, in particular, is as meaningless to me as music must be to the tone deaf.
fairly
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Until the Revolution the politics of the capital had been fairly meaningless for Sabtenga.
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All this technology is fairly meaningless unless we can express its capabilities in comparison with the traditional methods.
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It was also handed a symbolic but fairly meaningless victory in having two orders varied.
largely
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We were divided into watches but this was largely meaningless .
virtually
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The practical consequences of time limits which are not of the essence of the contract are such that they are virtually meaningless .
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Indeed such a question is virtually meaningless .
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To say that they are right or wrong is virtually meaningless .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a meaningless campaign pledge
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a meaningless ritual
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I wish politicians would tell us the truth, instead of repeating their meaningless prepared answers.
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If he can't read it, then it will be meaningless to him.
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It is meaningless to ask what is "real" or "imaginary" in a story.
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So many of us spend our lives doing meaningless work in huge faceless companies.
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The statement issued by the authorities was meaningless .
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They had a brief, meaningless relationship a few years ago.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But then, so do the 49ers as they slog their way through three more utterly meaningless games.
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In fact the limitations which Baldwin accepted on this occasion were almost meaningless .
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In the great outdoors, the merit of any feats become meaningless .
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Such a move could render the elections meaningless .
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Such claims might be contentious, but it would be odd to see them as meaningless .
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The practical consequences of time limits which are not of the essence of the contract are such that they are virtually meaningless .
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The words I had written - and had almost, in the interval, forgotten - mocked me and were meaningless .