Unmeaning
[,ʌn'mi:niŋ]
Definition
(a.) Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words.
(a.) Not indicating intelligence or sense; senseless; expressionless; as, an unmeaning face.
Typist: Maxine
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Meaningless, insignificant, senseless.[2]. Inexpressive.
Editor: Mary
Definition
adj. having no meaning: without intelligence.—adv. Unmean′ingly.—n. Unmean′ingness.—adj. Unmeant (un-ment′) not meant.
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Examples
- His eyes stood still, and settled into that former intent unmeaning stare. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She began waving her hand at me in a vacant, unmeaning manner. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- One of the other men struck up one of those unmeaning songs, common among the slaves. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- To ask you if you'll have another rasher would be unmeaning flattery, for it would make you thirsty all day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As if he denied himself the pleasure of uttering it, lest he should soar too high; and his meekness therefore preferred to be unmeaning. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I felt it to be an unmeaning weakness in me and tried to overcome it by attending to the words I heard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Wars that were unmeaning catastrophes swept down upon any little gleam of prosperity or decency to which this or that community clambered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Roman power was expanding, and as it expanded these old class oppositions of the early Latin community were becoming unmeaning. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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