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pointless

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point·less  (pointls)
adj.
1. Lacking meaning; senseless.
2. Ineffectual: pointless attempts to rescue the victims of the raging fire.

pointless·ly adv.
pointless·ness n.

pointless [ˈpɔɪntlɪs]
adj
1. without a point
2. without meaning, relevance, or force
3. (General Sporting Terms) Sport without a point scored
pointlessly  adv
pointlessness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pointlesspointless - not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"
pointed - having a point
2.pointless - serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
worthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"

pointless
Translations
pointless [ˈpɔɪntlɪs] ADJ
1. (= useless) → inútil
it is pointless to complaines inútil quejarse, de nada sirve quejarse
2. (= motiveless) → sin motivo, inmotivado
an apparently pointless crimeen aparencia, un crimen inmotivado
3. (= meaningless) → sin sentido
a pointless existenceuna vida sin sentido, una vida que carece de propósito

pointless [ˈpɔɪntləs] adj
(= useless) → inutile, vain(e)
It's pointless to argue → Il est inutile de discuter.
(= futile) → dénué(e) de sens
to be pointless → n'avoir aucun sens
Without an audience, the performance is pointless → Sans public, la représentation n'a aucun sens.

pointless
adjsinnlos; it is pointless to goes ist sinnlos zu gehen; it is pointless her going or for her to goes ist sinnlos, dass sie geht; a pointless exerciseeine sinnlose Angelegenheit

pointless [ˈpɔɪntlɪs] adj (suffering, existence, journey) → inutile, vano/a; (crime) → senza senso, gratuito/a; (remark) → superfluo/a; (story, joke) → senza capo né coda
it is pointless to refuse → è inutile rifiutarsi
pointless [ˈpɔɪntlɪs] adj (suffering, existence, journey) → inutile, vano/a; (crime) → senza senso, gratuito/a; (remark) → superfluo/a; (story, joke) → senza capo né coda
it is pointless to refuse → è inutile rifiutarsi

pointless بلا مغزى zbytečný meningsløs zwecklos μάταιος sin sentido turha inutile bespredmetan inutile 無意味な 무의미한 zinloos meningsløs tępy inútil бессмысленный meningslös ไร้จุดหมาย anlamsız vô nghĩa 无意义的


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Dunfer honestly intended the look that he fixed upon me to be merely reproachful, but it was singularly fit to arouse the gravest apprehension in any unarmed person incurring it; and as I had lost all interest in his pointless and interminable narrative, I rose to go.
Speeches he had thought out came into his head, but they seemed utterly pointless.
And so, such hearts, though summary in each one suffering; still, if the gods decree it, in their life-time aggregate a whole age of woe, wholly made up of instantaneous intensities; for even in their pointless centres, those noble natures contain the entire circumferences of inferior souls.
 
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