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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
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 Violence is always pointless. fitting, productive, useful, appropriate, sensible, proper, to the point, profitable, logical, desirable, worthwhile, beneficial, meaningful, fruitful Translations pointless [ˈpɔɪntlɪs] ADJ 2. (= motiveless) → sin motivo, inmotivado an apparently pointless crime → en aparencia, un crimen inmotivado 3. (= meaningless) → sin sentido a pointless existence → una vida sin sentido, una vida que carece de propósito pointless [ˈpɔɪntləs] adj pointless 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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