Thus, formalism need not mean that mathematics is nothing more than a meaningless symbolic game. The term has been criticized as being a misleading or meaningless term. Mantras are literally meaningless, yet musically meaningful to Staal. Isadora Duncan thought it most ugly, nothing more than meaningless gymnastics. This protocol combines meaningful and meaningless gestures. He really is a fountain of meaningless jargon. Bayer wrote that listeners tried hard to find meaning in the track's seemingly meaningless lyrics. Such a question would be "simply meaningless". People performing the meaningless task had to search less for meaning. Does vagueness render large portions of ordinary language meaningless? However, it does not render the Covenant meaningless. Koans often appear to be paradoxical or linguistically meaningless dialogues or questions. He wanted a name that was meaningless and without connotations, but with an attractive feel. There is no end to this meaningless work. It was meaningless to me, honestly.