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  • 1 meaningless

    adjective (without meaning or reason; of no importance: meaningless chatter.) nenozīmīgs
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    nenozīmīgs, bezmērķīgs

    English-Latvian dictionary > meaningless

  • 2 doodle

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

    English-Latvian dictionary > doodle

  • 3 gibber

    ['‹ibə]
    (to make meaningless noises: He was gibbering with fear.) murmulēt; vervelēt
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    buldurēšana; buldurēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > gibber

  • 4 mean

    [mi:n] I adjective
    1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skops
    2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) zemisks; negodīgs
    3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) nejauks; niķīgs
    4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) nabadzīgs; pieticīgs
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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.) vidējais
    2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) vidējais
    2. noun
    (something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) vidus
    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?) nozīmēt
    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.) gribēt; būt nodomājušam; būt domātam
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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.) zīmīgs, izteiksmīgs
    - meaningless
    - be meant to
    - mean well
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    vidus; vidējais skaitlis; nozīmēt; būt nodomājušam; iecerēt, paredzēt; vidējais, vidus; viduvējs; nabadzīgs; sīkumains, skops; negodīgs, zemisks; niķīgs; mulstošs

    English-Latvian dictionary > mean

  • 5 scribble

    ['skribl] 1. verb
    1) (to write quickly or carelessly: He scribbled a message.) kricelēt
    2) (to make meaningless marks with a pencil etc: That child has scribbled all over the wall.) []skrīpāt
    2. noun
    1) (untidy, careless handwriting.) kricelējums; ķeburi
    2) (a mark etc made by scribbling.) ķeburs
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    kricelējums, ķeburains raksts; ķeburaini rakstīt, kricelēt; būt par rakstnieķeli

    English-Latvian dictionary > scribble

  • 6 vain

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

    English-Latvian dictionary > vain

  • 7 cliché

    ['kli:ʃei, ]( American[) kli:'ʃei]
    (a phrase which has been used too often, and has become meaningless.) klišeja; nodrāzta frāze

    English-Latvian dictionary > cliché

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  • Meaningless — may refer to: Meaningless (album), the debut solo album of singer and songwriter Jon Brion Meaningless, a song by The Magnetic Fields from their 1999 album 69 Love Songs This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If… …   Wikipedia

  • meaningless — index collateral (immaterial), frivolous, immaterial, incomprehensible, inexpressive, minor, nominal, n …   Law dictionary

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

  • meaningless — [adj] without use, value, worth absurd, aimless, blank, doesn’t cut it*, doublespeak*, double talk*, empty, feckless, fustian, futile, good for nothing, hollow, hot air*, inane, inconsequential, insignificant, insubstantial, nonsensical, nothing …   New thesaurus

  • meaningless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having no meaning or significance. DERIVATIVES meaninglessly adverb meaninglessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • meaningless — [mēn′iŋlis] adj. having no meaning; without significance or purpose; senseless meaninglessly adv. meaninglessness n …   English World dictionary

  • 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

  • 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 — 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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