Word: meaninglessness
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...justificatory claims, as an attempt to invert the hierarchy or as an assault on the social order. These claims are particularly egregious because here at Harvard people who wield, or will wield, considerable power on popular culture or public policy, too often merely play at nonconformity, gestures often rendered meaningless simply by virtue of their presence here...
Though concerned about the draft story, the White House has responded that First in His Class is meaningless. In fact, compared with more tangible assaults on the President's character--namely Paula Jones' pending sexual- harassment lawsuit and the federal investigation into Whitewater--words in a book can barely hurt him. Last week trustees of Clinton's legal-defense fund released a list of donors for its first six months of operation. Celebrities such as Barbra Streisand and Garrison Keillor each put up the maximum $1,000 contribution. So far, 5,865 people have donated $608,000, still short...
Corbett says that denying students the right to participate in the program is meaningless...
...genes for surface traits such as coloration and stature are ) discounted, the human "races" are remarkably alike under the skin. The variation among individuals is much greater than the differences among groups. In fact, the diversity among individuals is so enormous that the whole concept of race becomes meaningless at the genetic level. The authors say there is "no scientific basis" for theories touting the genetic superiority of any one population over another...
...says "one of the great things about the Web is that where the pages are located is essentially meaningless to the user...