Meanings
plural meaninglessnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless.
Near-synonyms: pointlessness, purposelessness, uselessness
Synonyms: pointlessness, purposelessness, uselessness
- countableusuallyAnything that is meaningless.
all the little meaninglessnesses of human existence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna message that seems to convey no meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Dutch zinloosheid
- zinloosheidstate of lacking meaning
Esperanto sensignifeco
- sensignifecostate of lacking meaning
Finnish merkityksettömyys
- merkityksettömyysstate of lacking meaning
French futilité, absurdité
- futilitéstate of lacking meaning
- absurditéstate of lacking meaning
German Bedeutungslosigkeit, Sinnlosigkeit
- Bedeutungslosigkeitstate of lacking meaning
- Sinnlosigkeitstate of lacking meaning
Hungarian értelmetlenség
- értelmetlenségstate of lacking meaning
Japanese 無意味
- 無意味 (muimi)state of lacking meaning
Latvian bezjēdzība, bezjēdzīgums
- bezjēdzībastate of lacking meaning
- bezjēdzīgumsstate of lacking meaning
Norwegian Bokmål meningsløshet
- meningsløshetstate of lacking meaning
Polish bezsensowność
- bezsensownośćstate of lacking meaning
Spanish sinsentido
- sinsentidostate of lacking meaning
Swedish meningslöshet
- meningslöshetstate of lacking meaning
Turkish anlamsızlık, manasızlık
- anlamsızlıkstate of lacking meaning
- manasızlıkstate of lacking meaning
Cite this entry
meaninglessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meaninglessness
“meaninglessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meaninglessness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meaninglessness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meaninglessness.
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