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Definition of pointless in English: pointlessadjective ˈpɔɪntləsˈpɔɪn(t)ləs Having little or no sense, use, or purpose. speculating like this is a pointless exercise with infinitive it's pointless to plan too far ahead Example sentencesExamples - However the day was almost marred by pointless and useless vandalism to one of the train carriage windows.
- Personally, I think that makes it fairly pointless to theorise about the exact nature of consciousness.
- To be honest, I found the whole film somewhat pointless.
- I think it is a ridiculous and pointless stunt that isn't even newsworthy.
- It beggars belief how anyone with any sense could buy this pointless drivel.
- The world will be so fundamentally different by 2050 that it's pretty pointless to speculate that far out.
- Whichever way you cut it, it's still too often a pointless exercise for anyone writing for the consumer press.
- When people began appreciating the wealth of other religions, conflicts in the name of religion seemed utterly pointless.
- But that would render it pointless, a social inclusion policy rather than an existential explanation.
- And even as pointless chatter filled my ears, I couldn't get the freshman girl out of my head.
- However, there is no symbol for medium range and the infrequent appearance of the icons make them somewhat pointless.
- You think I've got time to sit around doing something utterly futile and pointless?
- The Government renders this part completely pointless by making the employer pay for the medical certificate.
- However, I find it almost pointless to search for an exact idea to copy.
- After much seemingly pointless bishop maneuvering, a draw was agreed in 61 moves.
- All right, that was a totally pointless conversation.
- The models are detailed, but uninteresting lines, flat colors, and predictable pans render them pointless.
- It's a pointless exercise in negativity by both the Labor Party and the Democrats.
- It is a pointless plan and a waste of the taxpayers' money in a time of government cutbacks.
- Yes, they seem pointless and stupid, but so do many of the things that are done in school.
Synonyms senseless, futile, hopeless, fruitless, useless, needless, wasted, in vain, unavailing, aimless, idle, to no purpose, purposeless, worthless, valueless, unproductive, unprofitable absurd, insane, nonsensical, stupid, silly, irrelevant, footling, fatuous, foolish, hollow, inane, ridiculous
Derivatives adverb ˈpɔɪntləsli as submodifier pointlessly burdensome regulations Example sentencesExamples - It is presumed that the legislature avoid superfluous or meaningless words, that it does not pointlessly repeat itself or speak in vain.
- Meanwhile, it's the producer who takes the blame for the pointlessly animated, time-killing interactive menus.
- Children, like all young mammals, actively do things that don't seem to make a great deal of sense at the time - playing pointlessly.
- Don't they become fifth wheels, spinning pointlessly in relation to the processes responsible for human action?
- The anachronisms remind us, pointlessly, that the play is a modern construct.
noun ˈpɔɪntləsnəs It's the sheer stupidity and pointlessness of the game that bothers me. Example sentencesExamples - The pointlessness and absurdity of the question struck me.
- The game has, by now, descended into dire pointlessness.
- Bringing attention to the absurdity and pointlessness of this provincial puffery does nothing to stop it.
- Talking about football with friends also demonstrates the total pointlessness of football pundits.
Definition of pointless in US English: pointlessadjectiveˈpɔɪn(t)ləsˈpoin(t)ləs 1Having little or no sense, use, or purpose. speculating like this is a pointless exercise with infinitive it's pointless to plan too far ahead Example sentencesExamples - I think it is a ridiculous and pointless stunt that isn't even newsworthy.
- The Government renders this part completely pointless by making the employer pay for the medical certificate.
- The models are detailed, but uninteresting lines, flat colors, and predictable pans render them pointless.
- The world will be so fundamentally different by 2050 that it's pretty pointless to speculate that far out.
- It beggars belief how anyone with any sense could buy this pointless drivel.
- After much seemingly pointless bishop maneuvering, a draw was agreed in 61 moves.
- It's a pointless exercise in negativity by both the Labor Party and the Democrats.
- It is a pointless plan and a waste of the taxpayers' money in a time of government cutbacks.
- Whichever way you cut it, it's still too often a pointless exercise for anyone writing for the consumer press.
- To be honest, I found the whole film somewhat pointless.
- However the day was almost marred by pointless and useless vandalism to one of the train carriage windows.
- You think I've got time to sit around doing something utterly futile and pointless?
- Yes, they seem pointless and stupid, but so do many of the things that are done in school.
- However, there is no symbol for medium range and the infrequent appearance of the icons make them somewhat pointless.
- However, I find it almost pointless to search for an exact idea to copy.
- When people began appreciating the wealth of other religions, conflicts in the name of religion seemed utterly pointless.
- But that would render it pointless, a social inclusion policy rather than an existential explanation.
- All right, that was a totally pointless conversation.
- Personally, I think that makes it fairly pointless to theorise about the exact nature of consciousness.
- And even as pointless chatter filled my ears, I couldn't get the freshman girl out of my head.
2(of a contest or competitor) without a point scored. Example sentencesExamples - Long Lee remain anchored pointless at the bottom, but they put up a fight at Bradley.
- Both these teams are pointless and, on the face of things, so is this match.
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