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meaningless words — words that have no meaning, empty words … English contemporary dictionary
meaningless — mean|ing|less [ˈmi:nıŋləs] adj 1.) having no purpose or importance and therefore not worth doing or having ▪ He said a few meaningless words to his hostess and looked around the room. ▪ a repetitive and meaningless task… … Dictionary of contemporary English
meaningless — adjective 1) a jumble of meaningless words Syn: unintelligible, incomprehensible, incoherent 2) she felt her life was meaningless Syn: futile, pointless, aimless, empty, hollow, blank, vain, purposeless … Thesaurus of popular words
Meaningless statement — A meaningless statement is a statement which posits nothing of substance which can be agreed or disagreed with. In the context of logical fallacies, the inclusion of a meaningless statement in the premises of the argument will undermine the… … Wikipedia
meaningless — Synonyms and related words: absurd, aimless, amorphous, asinine, blank, bootless, capricious, casual, designless, desultory, disarticulated, discontinuous, disinclined to communicate, disjunct, disordered, dispersed, disproportionate, empty,… … Moby Thesaurus
vestigial words or phrases — Words or phrases which have been permitted to remain in a statute after it has been amended, but which are rendered useless and meaningless by the amendment. Saltonstall v Birtwell, 164 US 54, 70, 41 L Ed 348, 353, 17 S Ct 19 … Ballentine's law dictionary
List of French words and phrases used by English speakers — Here are some examples of French words and phrases used by English speakers. English contains many words of French origin, such as art, collage, competition, force, machine, police, publicity, role, routine, table, and many other Anglicized… … Wikipedia
More Than Words — For other uses, see More Than Words (disambiguation). More than Words Single by Extreme from the album Extreme II: Pornograffiti … Wikipedia
weasel words — plural noun (informal) Words that make a statement evasive or misleading, orig (in sing) a word used illegitimately in conjunction with another word rendering it meaningless or sucking its meaning from it as a weasel sucks out the contents of an… … Useful english dictionary
vestigial words — /vestijal wardz/ Those contained in a statute which by reason of a succession of statutes on the same subject matter, amending or modifying previous provisions of the same, are rendered useless or meaningless by such amendments. They should not… … Black's law dictionary
empty rhetoric — meaningless words, empty words … English contemporary dictionary
