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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Meaningful

Hi.

It wasn't meaningful to keep him on life support any longer as he had been unresponsive for years, and it would take nothing short of a miracle to see him recover.

Is the word 'meaningful' okay here? Because I have seen it used in a lot of other contexts where it means significant or important, but can it also just mean that something makes sense or isn't pointless?

  

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anonymous Is the word 'meaningful' okay here? It doesn't sound right to me. I'd probably say one of these: It was futile to keep ...

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Is the word 'meaningful' okay here?
  • It doesn't sound right to me.
  • I'd probably say one of these: It was futile to keep ...
  • It was pointless to keep ...
  • CJ
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anonymousIs the word 'meaningful' okay here?

It doesn't sound right to me.

I'd probably say one of these:

It was futile to keep ...
It was pointless to keep ...

CJ

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