bezjēdzīgs

Latvian

Etymology

bez- (“without”) +‎ jēga (“meaning, sense, understanding”) +‎ -īgs, with g > dz via palatalization.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bezjēdzīgs (definite bezjēdzīgais, comparative bezjēdzīgāks, superlative visbezjēdzīgākais, adverb bezjēdzīgi)

  1. nonsensical, meaningless (such that it does not make sense, has no meaning, is not understandable)
    bezjēdzīgs teikums ― meaningless, nonsensical sentence
    bezjēdzīga burtu rindas ― meaningless lines of letters
    bezjēdzīgs vārdu virknējums ― meaningless sequence of words
    bezjēdzīgs skaņu jūklis ― meaningless sound mess
  2. pointless, meaningless, senseless, nonsensical (such that it has no reasonable purpose)
    bezjēdzīgs rīkojums ― meaningless orders
    kāpēc darbs birojā ir bezjēdzīgs ― why office work is pointless

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