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 teikumsmeaningless, nonsensical sentence
    bezjēdzīga burtu rindasmeaningless lines of letters
    bezjēdzīgs vārdu virknējumsmeaningless sequence of words
    bezjēdzīgs skaņu jūklismeaningless sound mess
  2. pointless, meaningless, senseless, nonsensical (such that it has no reasonable purpose)
    bezjēdzīgs rīkojumsmeaningless orders
    kāpēc darbs birojā ir bezjēdzīgswhy office work is pointless

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