Unmeaning

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unmeaning \Un*mean"ing\, a.
     1. Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words.
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     2. Not indicating intelligence or sense; senseless;
        expressionless; as, an unmeaning face.


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              There pride sits blazoned on the unmeaning brow.
                                                    --Trumbull.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*mean"ing*ly}, adv. --
        {Un*mean"ing*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unmeaning
       adj : signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his
             response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall
             [syn: {insignificant}]