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meaningless data

[/ˈmiːnɪŋləs ˈdeɪtə/]
nounpl: meaningless data (uncountable)
dados sem sentido
1. Information or facts that lack significance, relevance, or interpretable value; data that conveys no useful message or purpose
The report was filled with meaningless data that didn't help us make a decision.
O relatório estava cheio de dados sem sentido que não nos ajudaram a tomar uma decisão.
2. In computing and information theory, data that cannot be meaningfully interpreted or processed due to being random, corrupted, or decontextualized
The corrupted file contained only meaningless data after the system crash.
O arquivo corrompido continha apenas dados sem sentido após a falha do sistema.
NYC Slang
garbage data (used colloquially in tech communities)
Synonyms
useless datairrelevant datanonsense datagarbage datanoise
Antonyms
meaningful datasignificant datarelevant datauseful information

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
dados sem sentido
Standard usage in Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
dados inúteis
Commonly used alternative in business contexts
Portugal
dados desprovidos de significado
More formal usage in European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

noise in the signal
chaff and wheat
signal to noise ratio
data garbage
irrelevant information
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