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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
Adjective
without meaning or purpose
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pointlesspointless - not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"
unpointed
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"
otiose, superfluous, wasted, purposeless, senseless
worthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"
pointless
adjective senseless, meaningless, futile, fruitless, unproductive, stupid, silly, useless, absurd, irrelevant, in vain, worthless, ineffectual, unprofitable, nonsensical, aimless, inane, unavailing, without rhyme or reason << OPPOSITE worthwhile
Translations
pointless [ˈpɔɪntlɪs] adj → sin sentido
pointless [ˈpɔɪntlɪs] point adj → inutile, vain(e)
pointless [ˈpɔɪntlɪs] point adj → sinnlos, zwecklos
pointless [ˈpɔɪntlɪs] adj → inutile, vano/a


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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.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Speeches he had thought out came into his head, but they seemed utterly pointless.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
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.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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