non-meaningful
adjective
(alsononmeaningful)uk/ˌnɒnˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/us/ˌnɑːnˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/not having orintendedto show ameaningorpurpose:
If you don'tknowthe words to thesongyou can justsingnon-meaningfulsyllablesintheirplace.
Theystudiedmothers'responsestotheiryoungchildren's non-meaningfulutterances.
Synonym
meaningless
- Thestudyexaminedthelearningofunknownwordsembeddedinmeaningfuland non-meaningfulcontexts.
- Nonmeaningfulvisualinformationishardertorecall.
- Theirresponseswerecategorizedasmeaningfuland non-meaningful.
- At thisstagethechildmainlyproducesnonmeaningful vocalizations.
- Tosimplyrepeatevery word withoutexplanationwould be nonmeaningful.
Meaning & significance
- add
- add up tosomething
- backspin
- be a badge ofsomethingidiom
- connotate
- connotation
- i.e.
- locution
- locutionary
- mean
- meaningfully
- meaningfulness
- meaningless
- purport
- sense
- significant
- signification
- signify
- speak
- subtext