Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Discontented; dissatisfied; uneasy.
- Void of content or meaning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Discontented; dissatisfied.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking
content . - adjective Discontented; dissatisfied.
Etymologies
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Examples
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What's demanded, in the guise of questions about flag lapel pins, is what Michael Berube once astutely defined as contentless patriotism.
Terrance Heath: America: Yours, Mine, and Ours (Part 1) 2008
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To paraphrase Hitler, “when all power to control property is vested in the state, the owner is simply left with a contentless piece of paper (the title).”
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Go Daddy, the site which registered both killjulianassange.com and julianassangemustdie.com said there is nothing that can be done about either site while they are contentless.
Death Threat Domain Names: Registrar Says Killjulianassange.com Will Not Be Removed The Huffington Post 2011
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Go Daddy, the site which registered both killjulianassange.com and julianassangemustdie.com said there is nothing that can be done about either site while they are contentless.
Death Threat Domain Names: Registrar Says Killjulianassange.com Will Not Be Removed The Huffington Post 2011
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Go Daddy, the site which registered both killjulianassange.com and julianassangemustdie.com said there is nothing that can be done about either site while they are contentless.
Death Threat Domain Names: Registrar Says Killjulianassange.com Will Not Be Removed The Huffington Post 2011
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To paraphrase Hitler, “when all power to control property is vested in the state, the owner is simply left with a contentless piece of paper (the title).”
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If there is no better alternative, then it really is contentless griping.
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His comments are really getting extremely boring and are not worth refuting as they are contentless.
Matthew Yglesias » American Public Prepared to Support Israel in Endless War With Arabs 2010
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But I read a few on this web site (not all) and those were contentless babble that could be reduced to just a few slides.
NASA Workforce Issues - The Crisis is Here - NASA Watch 2009
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Where I can learn to make a bloviatingly didactic recitation of contentless received wisdom as skillfully as “raph” makes it upthread?
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