Although the fabled "retail" primary in New Hampshire and the Iowa caucus would continue to come first, their results would be practically meaningless.

"A definite trend is evident" is code for "these data are practically meaningless."

All this strength, most economists agreed, rendered the slight increase in the jobless rate practically meaningless.

Vaikka was practically meaningless against such a vulnerable creature as this, one so lacking in pride.

It was all cloudy, vague, abstract, mere history, a murky tangle of practically meaningless old migrations and persecutions, long ago and far away.

However, these popular classifications-extinct in particular-are practically meaningless to scientists.

Physical advantages are practically meaningless now that men are no longer hunter-gatherers.

But there is no agreement on the way these costs should be calculated and estimates vary so widely as to make them practically meaningless.

Territorial boundaries are becoming practically meaningless as enormous amounts of information are spreading throughout the world almost instantaneously.

The President already has limited authority to veto specific items, but it is practically meaningless.