無意味 (muimi) conjugation
nonsense, no meaning
無意味 (むいみ, muimi) is a na-adjective. Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 無意味だ muimida | 無意味です muimidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 無意味じゃない muimijanai | 無意味じゃないです muimijanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 無意味だった muimidatta | 無意味でした muimideshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 無意味じゃなかった muimijanakatta | 無意味じゃなかったです muimijanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 無意味で muimide | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 無意味に muimini | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 無意味な〜 muimina〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 無意味なら muiminara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 無意味だったら muimidattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 無意味になる muimininaru | 無意味になります muimininarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 無意味すぎる muimisugiru | 無意味すぎます muimisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 無意味そう muimisou | 無意味そうです muimisoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.