Word: meaninglessness
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...decades burst upon the startled and delighted U.S. consumer. In Manhattan, Macy's and Gimbels sent squads of scouts to flash back the latest reductions, cut prices so fast that an item could be cut twice while a clerk was selling it. By December, many price ceilings were meaningless...
...Example. In Munich, Germany, after a court ruled that his client was not slandered when called a "super-idiot," Lawyer Karl Meindl drew three months in jail and a 300-mark fine for contempt when he protested: "Does the Herr Judge hold it to be meaningless if I, on the basis of his decision, call him a 'super-idiot...
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...priceless pebble, pitcured here, is more than a mass of jumbled, meaningless lines. Only four-and-three-fourths inches in length, archaeologists have acclaimed it "the greatest Aurignasian drawing ever found." At least 14 animals are portrayed on the pebble, in addition to the wild horse which can be clearly seen...
...number of spectators and of sponsors as well interested in any particular undergraduate organization bears no relation to that organization's name. If the entertainment provided is inferior, the prestige of a name is meaningless, and whatever success any organization has is primarily due to its own ability...