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  • 1 meaningless

    adjective (without meaning or reason; of no importance: meaningless chatter.) άσκοπος,χωρίς νόημα

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  • 2 cliché

    ['kli:ʃei, ]( American[) kli:'ʃei]
    (a phrase which has been used too often, and has become meaningless.) κοινοτοπία, κλισέ

    English-Greek dictionary > cliché

  • 3 doodle

    ['du:dl] 1. verb
    (to make meaningless drawings and scribbles, usually while thinking, talking on the telephone etc.) μουτζουρώνω
    2. noun
    (a drawing of this sort.)

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  • 4 gibber

    ['‹ibə]
    (to make meaningless noises: He was gibbering with fear.) λέω ασυναρτησίες

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  • 5 mean

    [mi:n] I adjective
    1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) σφιχτός,μίζερος
    2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) κακός/μικροπρεπής
    3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) δύστροπος
    4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) άθλιος,παρακατιανός
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    - meanness
    - meanie     II 1. adjective
    1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) μέσος
    2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) μέσος,κατά μέσο όρο
    2. noun
    (something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) μέσος όρος
    III 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb
    1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) σημαίνω,εννοώ
    2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) σκοπεύω/προορίζω/είμαι αποφασισμένος
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    2. adjective
    ((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) όλο σημασία
    - meaningless
    - be meant to
    - mean well

    English-Greek dictionary > mean

  • 6 scribble

    ['skribl] 1. verb
    1) (to write quickly or carelessly: He scribbled a message.) γράφω βιαστικά
    2) (to make meaningless marks with a pencil etc: That child has scribbled all over the wall.) μουτζουρώνω
    2. noun
    1) (untidy, careless handwriting.) ορνιθοσκαλίσματα
    2) (a mark etc made by scribbling.) μουτζούρα
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  • 7 vain

    [vein]
    1) (having too much pride in one's appearance, achievements etc; conceited: She's very vain about her good looks.)
    2) (unsuccessful: He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning woman.)
    3) (empty; meaningless: vain threats; vain promises.)
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    - vanity
    - in vain

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  • 8 Babble

    v. intrans.
    Talk nonsense: P. and V. ληρεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυαρεῖν.
    Chatter: P. and V. λαλεῖν, θρυλεῖν, V. πολυστομεῖν, Ar. φληναφᾶν, στωμύλλεσθαι; see Chatter.
    Make a noise: of inanimate things, P. and V. ψοφεῖν.
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    subs.
    Nonsense: Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ, φλαυρία, ἡ, P. ληρήματα, τά.
    Chatter: Ar. and P. λαλία, ἡ, ἀδολεσχία, ἡ, V. λαλήματα, τά, P. πολυλογία, ἡ ; see Chatter.
    Noise: P. and V. ψόφος, ὁ.
    Meaningless talk: P. and V. ψόφος, ὁ.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Babble

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  • meaningless — 1730, from MEANING (Cf. meaning) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Meaninglessly; meaninglessness …   Etymology dictionary

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  • meaningless — [[t]mi͟ːnɪŋləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If something that someone says or writes is meaningless, it has no meaning, or appears to have no meaning. The sentence kicked the ball the man is meaningless... She is fascinated by algebra while he considers it …   English dictionary

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  • meaningless — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ render sth ADVERB ▪ absolutely, quite, totally …   Collocations dictionary

  • meaningless — adjective 1 something that is meaningless has no purpose or importance and does not seem worth doing or having; futile: a meaningless existence 2 not having a meaning that you can understand or explain: To me the marks on the page were just… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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