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meaningless exercise

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meanings of meaninglessand exercise


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meaningless
adjective
uk /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/ us /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/
having ...
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exercise
noun
uk /ˈek.sə.saɪz/ us /ˈek.sɚ.saɪz/
physical activity that you do to make your body strong ...
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Examples of meaningless exercise


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The contrast with the noncommunicative basis of hate speech-the purely physical but meaningless exercise of the human voice-is, as with all speech, precisely what demonstrates its communicative aspect.
It is not entirely a waste of time or a meaninglessexercise.
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But if that means what it says, it is a meaninglessexercise.
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That is a meaninglessexercise—just playing with toy soldiers—unless the prioritisation is clear.
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Without that, it is a meaninglessexercise and many pits will face mass redundancies and closures.
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We need cast-iron guarantees because otherwise the defence review is a meaninglessexercise.
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I agree that it is a meaninglessexercise.
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It is a meaninglessexercise and does not get us anywhere.
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Of course one can select statistics, but it is a meaninglessexercise.
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To me, a charade is an empty, meaninglessexercise.
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The vital question: is any of this expansion likely to be achieved, or are we engaged in just a meaninglessexercise?
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But that is an utterly meaninglessexercise.
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That would be a meaninglessexercise.
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None will mean what it says, because the whole outfit is a meaninglessexercise in an attempt to ensure that we are not allowed to think for ourselves.
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No, it is not a meaninglessexercise.
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Distinguishing between substantive and procedural fairness is a meaninglessexercise, as it merely clouds the process of judicial inquiry.
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Now we have a calculus text that can be used to confirm their experience of mathematics as an esoteric and meaninglessexercise in technique.
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