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- What is the root word of meaningless?
- What is meaningless word?
- What is the root word for pointless?
- How do you say pointless nicely?
- Who is a useless person?
- What is another word for useless talk?
- What does rigmarole mean?
- Is rigmarole a bad word?
- How do you use the word rigmarole?
- What is a word that is the opposite of itself?
- Should I use regardless or irregardless?
- Is it OK to say irregardless?
- Why do idiots say irregardless?
- What is the opposite of regardless?
- Is irrespective A actual word?
- What does irrespectively mean?
What is another word for pointless?
What is the root word of meaningless?
meaningless (adj.) “destitute of sense or significance,” 1730, from meaning + -less.
What is meaningless word?
without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
What is the root word for pointless?
pointless (adj.) early 14c., of a sword, “having no sharp point, terminating i n a square or rounded end,” from point (n.) + -less. Meaning “of no effect or force, to no purpose” is from 1726.
| meaningless | senseless |
|---|---|
| useless | aimless |
| inane | unavailing |
| unproductive | worthless |
| absurd | hopeless |
How do you say pointless nicely?
pointless
- fruitless.
- futile.
- ineffectual.
- insignificant.
- irrelevant.
- stupid.
- unproductive.
- worthless.
Who is a useless person?
1 having no practical use or advantage. 2 Informal ineffectual, weak, or stupid. he’s useless at history.
What is another word for useless talk?
What is another word for meaningless talk?
| waffle | nonsense |
|---|---|
| wittering | balderdash |
| blether | flimflam |
| gobbledygook | hooey |
| rubbish | stuff and nonsense |
What does rigmarole mean?
1 : confused or meaningless talk. 2 : a complex and sometimes ritualistic procedure.
Is rigmarole a bad word?
Rigmarole means complicated, bothersome nonsense, so it might seem that, like gobbledygook, kerfuffle, to-do, and blabbityblab, the word’s origin is onomatopoeic or fanciful. But there is a story behind rigmarole that goes back to a 13th century list of names known as the Ragman Roll.
How do you use the word rigmarole?
a long and complicated and confusing procedure.
- He had to go through the usual rigmarole of signing legal papers in order to complete the business deal.
- Then the whole rigmarole starts over again.
- I’ve never heard such a rigmarole.
- I don’t want to go through the rigmarole of taking him to court.
What is a word that is the opposite of itself?
A contronym, often referred to as a Janus word or auto-antonym, is a word that evokes contradictory or reverse meanings depending on the context. Specifically, a contronym is a word with a homonym (another word with the same spelling but different meaning) that is also an antonym (a word with the opposite meaning).
Should I use regardless or irregardless?
So “irregardless” is a word. It has a specific use, in particular dialects. That said, it’s not part of standard English and so — especially if you’re writing or if you’re speaking in formal places — you want to use “regardless” instead. Because if you use “irregardless,” people will think you’re uneducated.
Is it OK to say irregardless?
Irregardless means the same thing as “regardless.” Yes, it’s a word. But major dictionaries label it nonstandard.
Why do idiots say irregardless?
Irregardless: When you do actually have regard for the subject matter but you just don’t want to talk about it with that person anymore.
What is the opposite of regardless?
regardlessadjective. Antonyms: careful, considerate, regardful, attentive, prudent, cautious, circumspect, scrupulous, mindful. Synonyms: heedless, inconsiderate, careless, unmindful, inattentive, unobservant, disregarding, indifferent, despising.
Is irrespective A actual word?
The adverb irrespective means regardless or in spite, and it is almost always followed by the word “of.” Irrespective of your desire to stay inside on a bitterly cold day, the dog still needs to be walked. Irrespective is a combination of the Latin roots ir, meaning not, and respectivus, meaning having regard for.
What does irrespectively mean?
Without regard to conditions; not making circumstances into consideration. adverb. 1. 0. In an irrespective manner.
Is there a word or concise English expression for the kind of discussion that is heated, perhaps a bit contentious or pretentious, but ultimately off-topic, vague, or too abstract to be useful?
A word-picture that comes to mind are a bunch of stuffy politicians or inexperienced young professionals arguing for argument’s sake, to display their knowledge or make their voice heard yet without contributing any value to the discussion at large, or worse, derailing it entirely.
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I think the usual way of portraying this is with the phrase ‘hot air‘; they’re not so much talking about anything important as they are just breathing at each other. Example:
The politicans could talk for hours, but all that ever came out was a lot of hot air.
Equal meaning can be derived from the terms idle talk, gas or wind, tall talk or inanity.
Of course those are nouns for describing the actual tone of the dialogue — if you want verbs describing their behaviour you could use babbling, yakking, prattling, ranting; it’s all interchangeable really. My favourite for this kind of dialogue would probably be ‘blathering‘, since it gives me the image of some old chap constantly talking without knowing what he’s saying.
Hope that helps!
answered Apr 6, 2014 at 14:10
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It isn’t concise but I like the phrase:
the conversation generated more heat than light
answered Apr 6, 2014 at 22:03
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I’ve always liked the expression, twaddle. In my mind it conjures the image of someone’s pompous speech or stuffy writing as being utterly nonsensical, and extremely shallow. Its tone is extremely dismissive, and is the typical British English response whenever a politician is deflecting an awkward question in a talk shows or interview.
trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense
silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing;
Other suitable synonyms that fit the OP’s request would be:
- baloney/boloney
- bilgewater
- bosh/tosh
- hogwash
answered Jun 8, 2014 at 8:51
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From there strategical perspective, schizothemia:
schizothemia — Digression — (parekbasis in Greek, egressio, digressio and excursion in Latin) is a section of a composition or speech that is an intentional change of subject. In Classical rhetoric since Corax of Syracuse, especially in Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian,… …
From your observational perspective the conversation was a mataeology:
mataeology — a discourse that is fruitless or in vain. — mataeologian, n. — mataeological, adj.
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answered Apr 6, 2014 at 19:44
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Blowing hot air is a really good phrase so I will offer a concise word. I think jabber[ing] works perfect for a group of politicians arguing about nothing.
talk incessantly and trivially
answered Apr 6, 2014 at 16:42
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A more Southern-based (and slang) term is jibber-jabber, as in:
I got tired of listening to all their jibber-jabber.
answered Apr 6, 2014 at 17:00
I’ve heard a number of terms from current and past jobs in corporate America that might be considered.
Useless conversation that’s not solving the issue at hand because it’s left the world of the strategic and become too detailed or academic may be said to be:
«going down a rat hole»
«getting in the weeds»
Correction is often initiated with phrases like:
«I think we’re getting wrapped around the axle.»
«Let’s bring this back up to a 30,000 foot view of the problem.»
«Let’s keep separate issues separate.»
«Our time is limited, I think we’re going down a rat hole rather than focusing on the original topic.»
«These are useful points to consider: let’s put them in the parking lot and come back to them in a different session.»
«I think we’re trying to boil the ocean here.»
Worst of all is a response someone may offer to someone explaining at length (or in a challenging tone of voice) a detailed part of the problem that is well-understood by almost everyone in the room. The disrespectful response to this understandably irritating situation is often simply: «Peace.»
It’s intent is supposed to be «I hear and understand the valid point you’re making» or «you’re preaching to the choir,» but it’s meaning in the moment often more directly resembles the speaker saying «shut up, I’m tired of hearing your gums flap.»
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answered Apr 6, 2014 at 22:30
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‘Small talk’ — it’s debatable whether it is useless or pointless but it generally doesn’t have any information value.
answered Apr 7, 2014 at 1:22
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Some more rhythmical alternatives: claptrap, monkey-junkie, bruhaha, helter-skelter, and higgledy-piggledy.
answered Apr 6, 2014 at 22:09
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The first thing which comes to mind is «frivolous banter» or «badinage» ,although, it points to useless stuffs discussed in kitty-parties not politician meeting conversations. It can and usually is fun though. It may not be heated but it surely is useless.
Example: Teenage students these days are more engaged in badinage rather than their studies.
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На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать грубую лексику.
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.
It is not work but useless talk which takes us away from the Divine.
This record was authentically known of him both in his teachings and his living example as he did not like sleeping before ‘Ishaa’ Prayer and discouraged his followers from useless talk after it.
Это достоверно известно о нем и в его учении, и в его жизни, например, как он не любил спать до молитвы иша и не любил бесполезные разговоры после нее.
This is all useless talk.
All this is useless talk.
Let’s stop the useless talk.
6 Some people have missed these things and turned to useless talk.
What’s with all this useless talk!
It is a widespread misconception that while pedants squandered useless talk about the most appropriate method of procedure, economics itself, indifferent to these idle disputes, went quietly on its way.
Существует широко распространенное заблуждение, что, в то время как педанты занимались бесполезными разговорами о наиболее подходящих методиках, сама экономическая наука безотносительно к этим пустопорожним спорам спокойно двигалась своим путем.
When you’re in this state, it’s easier to go and distract someone else with useless talk about reality TV shows, than it is to work at something that you don’t love.
Когда вы в таком состоянии, то проще всего пойти и отвлечь кого-нибудь своей бесполезной болтовней о реалити-шоу, нежели заняться делом, которое вам не нравится.
But, having become a virtually universal body in the last 40 years, its new majority has been scorned as irresponsible and the Assembly as a useless talk shop.
Но после того как за последние 40 лет она превратилась в практически общемировой орган, ее новое большинство поносится как безответственное, а сама Ассамблея — как бесполезная говорильня.
Is it not clear that any one who sets about discussing the political situation without taking into account the relations between all the classes engages in useless talk?
Не ясно ли, что браться за обсуждение политического момента без учета взаимоотношения между всеми классами, значит заниматься пустой болтовней?
Finally she seemed to have gotten tired of my trying and said forcefully that what she had to say required a place of power and until we were in one we had to abstain from draining ourselves with useless talk.
Наконец она, по-видимому, устала от моих попыток и сказала мне с силой, что то, что она должна сказать, требует места силы, и пока мы не прибудем на него, мы должны воздерживаться от опустошения себя бесполезным разговором.
Thieves generally break in between 12 and 2 a.m., so if you spend the evening in useless talk and go to bed late, you are likely to lose your valuables and your reputation as well.
Воры обычно вламываются между двенадцатью и двумя, так что, если будешь проводить вечера в пустых разговорах и ложиться поздно, можешь лишиться и ценностей, и репутации.
Finally, after some useless talk, and having other business to attend to, he gave them a letter just received from the American Ambassador at St. Petersburg, Mr. Rockhill.
В конце концов, после длительных бесполезных переговоров, зная, что его ожидают другие дела, он дал им прочесть письмо, которое получил от посла Америки в Петербурге г. Рокхилла.
But this is useless talk.
Again, again, this again with useless talk.
I’m tired of useless talk.
One should act instead of idly talking, for useless talk inflates one’s ego and leads one to a false evaluation of one’s own virtues and vices.
Нужно действовать, а не болтать впустую, потому что бесполезные разго-воры только раздувают самомнение и приводят к появлению у человека необъективного представления о своих пороках и достоинствах.
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noun 1 : the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in «the man he said») : redundancy 2 : an instance or example of pleonasm
Does the overtalker in your life use more words than is necessary to denote mere sense? If so, you may rightfully accuse them of pleonasm. It’s a word more than four centuries old, and it shares a satisfying final syllable with spasm and sarcasm, making it ripe for lobbing (good-naturedly, of course) at a friend. It comes from the Greek word pleonazein, meaning «to be excessive,» from pleiōn or pleōn, meaning «more.»
noun : excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness
Perhaps the expressions of the overtalker in your life are of a more noisome type. If so, the word logorrhea may be just the thing, what with its second element being familiar to most of us only in a term we typically associate with stomach bugs and food poisoning. Logorrhea is of late 19th century vintage, plucked from New Latin, which is the Latin that’s been heavily raided for scientific description and classification in English since the end of the medieval period. The logo part of course means «word.»
adjective 1 : containing more words than necessary : wordy also : impaired by wordiness 2 : given to wordiness
Those people among us who are prone to use more words than necessary are properly described as «verbose.» The things those people produce with their words—replies, orations, and the like—are likewise properly accorded the same designation. Verbose has been with us since the late 17th century and has its origin in the Latin word verbōsus, from verbum, meaning «word,» and -ōsus, meaning «full of.» It also comes in a slightly longer noun version as well: verbosity, as in «the verbosity of a verbose reply.»
adjective 1 : unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long 2 : marked by or using an excess of words
Prolix may have the crisp efficiency of a good 21st century brand name, but the word is long established and of a classical origin: borrowed into English from Anglo-French and Latin during the period known as Middle English, its ultimate origin is Latin prolixus, meaning «extended.» That word is formed from pro-, meaning «forward,» and liquēre, «to be fluid.»
noun : a person who talks excessively
When motormouth entered the language in the mid-20th century (near the dawn of the era of muscle cars) it was following in the footsteps of loudmouth («a person given to loud, offensive talk») and blabbermouth («a person who talks too much» and especially «a tattletale»), the earliest known evidence of which date to the second and fourth decades of the 20th century respectively. Smart-mouth («one given to making remarks that aim for cleverness and wit but that strike others as cocky or annoying») followed about a decade later.
adjective 1 : given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative 2 : using or containing many and usually too many words : wordy
Garrulous in English dates to the early 17th century, but it enjoyed a literary heyday in the 19th and early 20th centuries, appearing in the works of the likes of Charles Dickens, G. K. Chesterton, P. G. Wodehouse, Anne Brontë, and Herman Melville. It’s Latin in origin, coming from garrīre, meaning «to chatter, talk rapidly,» itself probably coined in imitation of the sound of someone chattering.
noun 1 : use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression 2 : an instance of periphrasis
«Out with it, already!» one might say to another who tends to talk around the point instead of getting to it. The thing you’re objecting to can be termed periphrasis, a word that is Greek in origin, from peri-, meaning «around,» and phrazein, «to point out.» Periphrasis can be contrasted with a related word: holophrasis refers to the expression of a complex of ideas by a single word. Both are also related to antiphrasis, which refers to the usually ironic or humorous use of words in senses opposite to the generally accepted meanings, such as in a phrase like «an ancient creature 2 days old.»
noun 1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea 2 : evasion in speech
There’s no way around it. Or maybe there is. Circumlocution is firmly in the second camp. While the word first referred to the use of many words to express an idea that could be expressed in many fewer, it has also for a long time referred to evasion in speech. Its origin is Latin: circum-, meaning «around,» and locutio, meaning «speech.»
SOME PRINCIPLE TO KEEP IN MIND AND BE APPLIED IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE AND TEACH MORE EFFECTIVELY
1. It´s nice to be important, but is more important to be nice
2. Don´t impress your Audience or followers for your knowledge, but for your wisdom, humbleness and personality.
3. The secret to succeed is not doing what you like, but LOVING and ENJOYING what you do
4. WORDS are good! ¡ DEEDS are better!
5. Not only be interested in what you communicate when teaching, but in HOW you communicate/teach as well
6. Always provide a HUMANIZING atmosphere when you are communicating/teaching
7. Don´t be only worried about how well you have talked, but how your students have believed and accepted your message/topic
8. «Those who love to talk so much will suffer the consequences. Many have died for saying the wrong thing
9. count until 10 before talking and until 100 before getting angry
10. It is better a good Heart without words, than too many words without a good heart