单词	pointlessness
释义	pointlesspoint‧less /ˈpɔɪntləs/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES pointless drug testing on animals a pointless, brutal murder a film full of pointless violence It's pointless to take notes and then never look at them again. It's pointless trying to speak to the manager -- she's always too busy. It is pointless to argue about who is more to blame. Look, it's pointless us both waiting here -- I'll go and find a phone. Most people think the project is a pointless waste of money. Never give your students pointless exercises to do -- always provide interesting, meaningful tasks. Officials say the investigation is pointless. People stood in groups, making pointless small talk. She decided it was pointless trying to work while her mind was on other things. Simon was probably dead, and it was pointless to think he was coming back. Speculating like that was always a pointless exercise, but he did it nevertheless. The argument was completely pointless. The company says it is pointless to compete in the air package holiday market. We had to change the sheets daily, which always seemed to me to be a pointless exercise. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Bills with bipartisan sponsorship have been introduced in both chambers to repeal this pointless cruelty. I felt strong; there was a point to a life that had seemed pointless. Instead of allowing this to be a frustrating and pointless event, ask yourself why you created it. It could also be said that without evaluation, proper identification of need is pointless! It was pointless, we were told. Until Tuesday night, the question seemed almost pointless. What she thought intolerable was that people could hate each other in a silly, pointless place where peace was possible. When you watch them you think it almost looks pointless. Thesaurus THESAURUS► pointless not likely to have a useful result: · She knew it would be pointless to argue with him.· The meeting was a pointless exercise. ► futile completely pointless because there is no chance at all of being successful: · She shut the door in a futile attempt to keep the smell out.· Their efforts proved futile (=did not have any success). ► useless not useful or effective in any way: · I knew it was useless to try to explain to him what had happened.· The map we had been given was useless. ► hopeless having no hope of being successful or effective: · It was a hopeless task.· He was jumping up and down in a hopeless attempt to keep warm. ► be a waste of time/money/effort to be not worth the time, money etc that you use because you do not achieve anything: · The whole process was a complete waste of time.· The scheme was a waste of money. Longman Language Activatorcertain to fail► pointless something that is pointless is unlikely to have a very useful or successful result, so it would be better not to do it or try it: · The argument was completely pointless.· Most people think the project is a pointless waste of money.pointless exercise: · Speculating like that was always a pointless exercise, but he did it nevertheless.it is pointless to do something: · It's pointless to take notes and then never look at them again.it is pointless doing something: · She decided it was pointless trying to work while her mind was on other things. ► be a waste of time especially spoken something that is a waste of time is unlikely to achieve any useful result, so you would be wasting your time if you tried to do it: · Many people think that complaining about bad service is a waste of time.a complete/total waste of time: · These meetings are a complete waste of time. Nothing ever gets decided.it is a waste of time doing something: · It's a waste of time going to the doctor - he'll just tell you to get plenty of rest. ► there's no point/what's the point spoken say this when you think that it is useless to do something because you will not achieve anything useful by doing it: · "Why don't you try to explain things to him?" "There's no point, he never listens."· I was going to buy a new car, but what's the point when my old one's perfectly all right?there's no point (in) doing something: · There's no point getting a new carpet until the decorating's done.what's the point in/of doing something?: · What's the point of giving a signal when there are no other cars around to see it? ► doomed not having any chance at all of succeeding: · Attempts to clean up the environment are doomed unless businesses take a leading role.· Within a few months she realized that her marriage was doomed.doomed to failure: · If you refuse to provide any information to the user, then your computer program is doomed to failure.doomed from the start: · Their business venture was doomed from the start, as they did not have the necessary capital. ► lost cause something that you try to make successful, although it seems very clear to other people that it cannot succeed: · At first it seemed the attempt to save the species was a lost cause.· The miners' strike of 1984 turned out to be a lost cause. ► non-starter British an idea or plan that will definitely not be successful: · Everybody would prefer a lower rate of tax, but that that is a non-starter economically.· The project would have been a non-starter without the help of Judith Glyn. without any purpose► pointless something that is pointless has no purpose and makes you angry or sad: · a film full of pointless violence· Never give your students pointless exercises to do -- always provide interesting, meaningful tasks.be pointless to do something: · It is pointless to argue about who is more to blame. ► aimless not having any purpose or plan and therefore boring or sad: · The novel seems aimless, and the characters are stereotypes.· She changed from an aimless, pregnant teenager into a purposeful young woman. ► senseless a crime or something bad that is senseless seems to have no meaning or purpose and you cannot understand why someone would do it: · It was a senseless and cruel murder.· Smashing up trains is such a senseless form of vandalism.· The suicide was described as a senseless waste of a young woman's life. ► meaningless without any meaning or purpose and therefore boring, sad, or having no effect: · a meaningless campaign pledge· So many of us spend our lives doing meaningless work in huge faceless companies.· Several companies dismissed the ruling as "meaningless," saying it would have no effect on their operations. ► lack direction also lack of direction if something lacks direction or has a lack of direction , it does not have a clear purpose and is not well organized: · It could have been a good film, but I felt it lacked direction.· He quit over the company's lack of direction. actions or activities that are useless► pointless if someone does something that is pointless , it does not seem to have any useful purpose and will not help anyone: · The argument was completely pointless.· pointless drug testing on animalsa pointless exercise (=something that you have to do that does not seem to have any purpose): · We had to change the sheets daily, which always seemed to me to be a pointless exercise.it is pointless doing something British: · It's pointless trying to speak to the manager -- she's always too busy.· Look, it's pointless us both waiting here -- I'll go and find a phone.it is pointless to do something: · The company says it is pointless to compete in the air package holiday market.· Simon was probably dead, and it was pointless to think he was coming back. ► futile a futile effort or attempt to do something is completely pointless because there is no chance of its being effective or successful: · Kevin made one last futile attempt to persuade Sandra to go with him, then left.· Demonstrators condemned the summit as a futile and fruitless exercise.prove futile (=when an attempt ends without being successful): · All efforts to save the child proved futile.· Until attitudes at work are changed, attempts to improve performance are likely to prove futile.it is futile to do something: · The goal is not to punish the rebels, but to convince them that it is futile to resist. ► useless if an activity is useless , it does not achieve anything or does not help anyone: · Numerous studies show that dieting is useless and may even cause weight gain.· I had to remind myself that worrying is a useless activity.it is useless to do something: · It was useless now to ask for help from my mother.· He knew it was useless to pretend to be innocent.it is useless doing something British: · It's useless trying to talk to you when you've had a drink.· I think it would be useless writing to the company -- they haven't even returned my calls. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► rather · And it would be rather pointless if I started trying to ape him.· There has been a long and rather pointless debate on this question.· The first and second would be rather pointless.· It's really rather pointless otherwise.· The fact that this was credible only if the youth was retarded made the moral crux which followed rather pointless. NOUN► exercise · It's also a fairly pointless exercise, too.· Reviews of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals are mostly pointless exercises.· It looked a pointless exercise, facing a passed partner, but West had his reasons.· Speculating like this was always a pointless exercise but it occupied a portion of any day.· The boys grumbled at this, saying it was a pointless exercise.· We are expecting him back on Monday - but if he's only staying for three days it's a pointless exercise. Word family WORD FAMILYnounpointpointerpointlessnessadjectivepointedpointypointlessadverbpointlesslypointedlyverbpoint worthless or not likely to have any useful result:  Life just seemed pointless to me. a pointless quarrelit is pointless doing something It’s pointless telling her to clean her room – she’ll never do it.it is pointless to do something I think it would be pointless to discuss this issue again.—pointlessly adverb—pointlessness noun [uncountable]THESAURUSpointless not likely to have a useful result: · She knew it would be pointless to argue with him.· The meeting was a pointless exercise.futile completely pointless because there is no chance at all of being successful: · She shut the door in a futile attempt to keep the smell out.· Their efforts proved futile (=did not have any success).useless not useful or effective in any way: · I knew it was useless to try to explain to him what had happened.· The map we had been given was useless.hopeless having no hope of being successful or effective: · It was a hopeless task.· He was jumping up and down in a hopeless attempt to keep warm.be a waste of time/money/effort to be not worth the time, money etc that you use because you do not achieve anything: · The whole process was a complete waste of time.· The scheme was a waste of money.
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