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meaningless
Without meaning, importance, or sense; irrelevant or insignificant.
Im Vergleich zu den globalen Problemen erschien ihm sein eigenes Anliegen plötzlich bedeutungslos.
Compared with global problems, his own concern suddenly seemed meaningless to him.
The word is made up of the noun 'Bedeutung' (meaning), a linking -s, and the ending '-los' (-less). The ending '-los' always means 'without something', so something that is 'bedeutungslos' (meaningless) is literally 'without meaning'.
Ohne Kontext sind diese Zahlen völlig bedeutungslos.
Without context, these numbers are completely meaningless.
To intensify the statement, 'bedeutungslos' (meaningless) is often combined with adverbs such as 'völlig' (completely), 'gänzlich' (entirely), or 'vollkommen' (completely).
Seine Entschuldigung klang für sie vollkommen bedeutungslos.
His apology sounded completely meaningless to her.
To express for whom something has no meaning, you use the preposition 'für' (for) followed by a person in the accusative.
Für mich sind alte Statussymbole bedeutungslos.
For me, old status symbols are meaningless.
important
'wichtig' and 'bedeutungslos' are clear opposites. 'wichtig' describes something that has importance and can have consequences. 'bedeutungslos' describes something that has no meaning, no value, or no influence. 'bedeutungslos' often sounds stronger than 'unwichtig': it does not just say that something is not very important, but that it practically does not matter at all. In everyday language, 'wichtig' is very common; 'bedeutungslos' is used more when you strongly devalue something or emphasize its lack of influence.
Bei der Bewerbung war die Farbe der Mappe völlig bedeutungslos.
In the job application, the color of the folder was completely meaningless.
Nach der Nachricht war dein schneller Anruf sehr wichtig.
After the message, your quick phone call was very important.