Sentences with phrase «essentially meaningless»

Appreciation is nothing more than a potential cash flow payment typically coming at the end of the stream so let's not get too hung up on essentially meaningless semantics.

At this point in our culture, the word is essentially meaningless.

The fact that physical trading floors have become essentially meaningless is a sign of the times, as the move away from traditional financial platforms toward new forms of digital currency transactions.

If TWU does not succeed in getting these law society decisions overturned, then I am afraid that the guarantees of freedom of religion in the charter would be rendered essentially meaningless.

We also wish for the legally mandated «officer» positions to be essentially meaningless titles, that confer no priveleges / powers to the members who we arbitrarily select to fill them.

As the New York Times reports, public defenders» offices in at least seven states are either refusing to take on new cases or have sued to limit them, arguing that the lack the resources renders the constitutional right to assistance of counsel essentially meaningless.

It's essentially a meaningless, empty statement.

If this simplistic interpretation is correct, does this mean (by extrapolation) that he model - based climate sensitivity estimates used by IPCC to project future temperature trends are essentially meaningless?

In other words, it's unphysical to claim that the temperatures just walk around randomly within very wide (and thus essentially meaningless) bounds: It goes against conservation of energy.

Deep ocean is essentially meaningless without explaining what it means.

The term «unimaginable» is essentially meaningless in the absence of an objective measure of imaginability.

The ultimatum from Cargill was therefore «disappointing and essentially meaningless,» said Deborah Lapidus, campaign director at Waxman Strategies.

What do you see as the difference in the reasons we think that Koonin's article is essentially meaningless?

I think that Koonin's article is essentially meaningless (not irrelevant) in the larger context of the debate.

I understand estimates of evaporation are very crude, if not essentially meaningless.

In fairness to you, of course, if the Libertarian Party is going to endorse someone who advocates for policies that are distinctly non-libertarian just because this might get enough percentage of the vote to get federal funding, then being a libertarian and / or a Libertarian is essentially meaningless.

And we are quibbling about the accuracy if the equations used here when the whole CAGW house of cards is based on assumptions that are so dicey that they are essentially meaningless?

The Dingell - Boucher bill was widely criticized by environmentalists for containing too many loopholes for industry, rendering the pollution targets essentially meaningless.

And then they put in a number (20 - 30 %) to give a gloss of scientific respectability on what is essentially a meaningless statement.

This is the kind of statement that renders skepticism, about basically any subject, essentially meaningless.

The second IPCC report, published in 1995, invoked the «sulfate - aerosol effect» and produced the memorable but essentially meaningless phrase that «the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.»

So the following part of the abstract that you posted is essentially meaningless: (except for the last 7 words):

Even NASA's James Hansen, the leading proponent of man - made global warming in the U.S., conceded the «hottest year» rankings are essentially meaningless.

Meteorologist Art Horn: «To say the 2010 was tied with the warmest year on record is essentially meaningless when viewed in a true historical context»: «The reason they do not give this record its true historical context is because their statement is really political»

Variations in polar sea ice on short time scales, up or down, are essentially meaningless, my contacts studying the cryosphere always stress.

-- is essentially meaningless for our generation, especially given the trajectories for emissions in China and India.

The chart above is essentially meaningless.

The assumptions, guesstimates, and unknowns renders the outputs essentially meaningless.

Note that it is essentially meaningless to talk about «trends» that are only 3 years long, because the natural year - to - year variabilty, especially in Antartica, is simply too great.

But «no plans» in game news is essentially meaningless.

That is to say, things that are treated as news which are essentially meaningless.

Minor elements of the game, such as the automated turrets in some levels, mean you could argue for Portal 2 to be categorised as a first - person shooter, but the content bears so little relation to a game like Call of Duty it shows how essentially meaningless the definition is.

Now your question is added to my haunting burdens... are you truly roleplaying if the game offers you no choice or if the choice is essentially meaningless?

Essentially your saying that voice acting is just s shit profession and in terms of a story is essentially meaningless, you utterly reprehensible human being.

So 1100 calls is essentially meaningless as most of them shouldn't require a dog to be impounded.

Payout ratios recently have been essentially meaningless with the collapse in corporate earnings, but low, 31 % in the third quarter of 2009.

The point is that a measurement in pips made without a specific risk to reward ratio attached to it is essentially a meaningless figure.

TRP shareholders measure success over decades — a quarterly blip is essentially meaningless.

Their brand is essentially meaningless to readers — it is meaningful mainly to booksellers and librarians.

Although the awards are essentially meaningless, they tempt new users into exploring the service fully.

If this is the status quo, then the publisher eligibility list should be immediately discontinued because RWA is letting publishers dictate the list and the list is essentially meaningless.

The CD designation was essentially meaningless when it was launched — the CD (from plates on diplomatic cars) meaning to convey a sense of prestige and luxury.

The sign - off was «essentially meaningless,» the auditors wrote.

The signoff was «essentially meaningless,» the auditors wrote.

This perhaps shows how the line between the two parties has become essentially meaningless when it comes to education.

Their senate «victory» is essentially meaningless because the Wisconsin legislature is not in session now and won't be until after another round of elections in November.

I have likewise avoided the term «opportunity scholarships» because it is essentially meaningless as well.

In the absence of that premise, the goal of activists and interested parties to the bioethics debates should be to learn how best to educate the public, rather than to wield essentially meaningless statistics about existing attitudes.

The research that has pinpointed these biologically «conserved» regions on the two genomes allows researchers to focus on the important parts of the human genome, and to ignore the much larger amounts of genetic information that is essentially meaningless — some biologists call it «junk» DNA.

Such testimonials are essentially meaningless if not backed by verifiable data.