External
External adjective - Not being a vital part of or belonging to something.
Meaningless and external are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meaningless" instead an adjective "External".
Meaningless
Meaningless adjective - Having no meaning.
External and meaningless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "External" instead an adjective "Meaningless".
Nearby Words: meaning, meaningful
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Doesn't do well for the 'external beauty is meaningless' school of thought; it's more like Beauty Equals Goodness with respect to the relative sexiness/scariness of scars.
Source: Good Scars, Evil Scars -
Of course, this is all for external appearances and rather meaningless when it comes to actual politics.note In actual fact, it was the West German government that consisted of ex-Nazis who decided to file off the serial numbers and become a liberal democracy and American puppet.
Source: Film / Bridge of Spies
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