Unmeaningness

Unmeaningness
(Roget's Thesaurus)
-->Absence of meaning.
<- N
PARAG:Unmeaningness->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ unmeaningness
unmeaningness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ scrabble
scrabble
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ empty sound
empty sound
dead letter
vox et praeterea nihil
=>a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
=>sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.
sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.
nonsense
gibberish
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ jargon
jargon
jabber
mere words
hocus-pocus
fustian
rant
bombast
balderdash
palaver
flummery
verbiage
babble
bavardage
baragouin
platitude
niaiserie
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ inanity
inanity
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ flap-doodle
flap-doodle
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ rigmarole
rigmarole
rodomontade
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ truism
truism
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ nugae canorae
nugae canorae
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ twaddle
twaddle
twattle
fudge
trash
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ poppy-cock
poppy-cock
=>(U.S.)
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ stuff
stuff
stuff and nonsense
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ bosh
bosh
rubbish
moonshine
wish-wash
fiddle-faddle
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ absurdity
absurdity
&c. 497
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ vagueness
vagueness
&c.(unintelligibility) 519
PARAG:Unmeaningness->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ mean nothing
mean nothing
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ be unmeaning
be unmeaning
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ twaddle
twaddle
quibble
scrabble
PARAG:Unmeaningness->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ unmeaning
unmeaning
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ meaningless
meaningless
senseless
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ nonsensical
nonsensical
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ void of sense
void of sense
&c. 516
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ inexpressive
inexpressive
unexpressive
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ vacant
vacant
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ not significant
not significant
&c. 516
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ insignificant
insignificant
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ trashy
trashy
washy
trumpery
trivial
fiddle-faddle
twaddling
quibbling
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 4
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ unmeant
unmeant
not expressed
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ tacit
tacit
&c.(latent) 526
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 5
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ inexpressible
inexpressible
undefinable
incommunicable

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