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bedeutungslos

meaningless

bedeutungslos means meaningless, insignificant, unimportant, or without significance.

It can describe:

Something with no importance or consequence
- Dieser Fehler ist bedeutungslos.
  “This mistake is insignificant.”
Something that conveys no meaningful information
- Seine Antwort war völlig bedeutungslos.
  “His answer was completely meaningless.”
Someone or something with little influence, status, or relevance
- Die Gruppe ist politisch bedeutungslos.
  “The group is politically insignificant.”

Depending on the context, the word can refer either to a lack of importance or to a lack of meaningful content.

bedeutungslos is an adjective. It can be used:

Predicatively: Das ist bedeutungslos. — “That is insignificant.”
Attributively: ein bedeutungsloser Streit — “a meaningless argument”
Adverbially: Der Fehler wurde bedeutungslos. — “The mistake became insignificant.”

The word consists of:

Thus, bedeutungslos literally means “without meaning” or “without significance.”

The adjective is declined according to the noun it modifies: bedeutungsloser, bedeutungslose, bedeutungsloses, bedeutungslosen.

sinnlos — “senseless” or “purposeless”; focuses more on the absence of purpose or reason than on a lack of importance.
belanglos — “trivial” or “of little importance”; often used for minor matters.
unwichtig — “unimportant”; a direct and neutral synonym, usually focusing on practical importance.
irrelevant — “irrelevant”; means not connected to or useful for the matter being discussed.
nichtssagend — “uninformative” or “meaningless”; especially describes statements, expressions, or information that reveal very little.

bedeutungsvoll — “meaningful” or “significant”; the closest direct opposite.
wichtig — “important”; emphasizes practical importance or priority.
relevant — “relevant”; means important in relation to a particular topic or decision.
sinnvoll — “meaningful,” “sensible,” or “purposeful”; emphasizes usefulness, reason, or purpose rather than importance alone.

ein bedeutungsloser Fehler — an insignificant mistake
eine bedeutungslose Diskussion — a meaningless discussion
völlig bedeutungslos — completely insignificant
politisch bedeutungslos — politically insignificant
für jemanden bedeutungslos sein — to be meaningless or insignificant to someone
bedeutungslos werden — to become insignificant or irrelevant

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Many believe that small decisions are often meaningless.

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