meaningless exercise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeaninglessandexercise
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meaningless
adjective
uk/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/us/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/
having ...
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exercise
noun
uk/ˈek.sə.saɪz/us/ˈek.sɚ.saɪz/
physical activity that you do to make your body strong ...
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(Definition ofmeaninglessandexercisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The contrast with the noncommunicative basis of hate speech-the purely physical butmeaninglessexercise of the human voice-is, as with all speech, precisely what demonstrates its communicative aspect.
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It is not entirely a waste of time or ameaninglessexercise.
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But if that means what it says, it is ameaninglessexercise.
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That is ameaninglessexercise—just playing with toy soldiers—unless the prioritisation is clear.
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Without that, it is ameaninglessexerciseand many pits will face mass redundancies and closures.
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We need cast-iron guarantees because otherwise the defence review is ameaninglessexercise.
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I agree that it is ameaninglessexercise.
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It is ameaninglessexerciseand does not get us anywhere.
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Of course one can select statistics, but it is ameaninglessexercise.
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To me, a charade is an empty,meaninglessexercise.
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The vital question: is any of this expansion likely to be achieved, or are we engaged in just ameaninglessexercise?
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But that is an utterlymeaninglessexercise.
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That would be ameaninglessexercise.
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None will mean what it says, because the whole outfit is ameaninglessexercisein an attempt to ensure that we are not allowed to think for ourselves.
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No, it is not ameaninglessexercise.
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Distinguishing between substantive and procedural fairness is ameaninglessexercise, as it merely clouds the process of judicial inquiry.
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Now we have a calculus text that can be used to confirm their experience of mathematics as an esoteric andmeaninglessexercisein technique.
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