no point
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2.8
- noun
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no tener sentido
- After a few moments, he saw no point in paying any further attention to me.
- no point in trying
- see no point
- no point in letting
He says there's no point in negotiating with Putin.
- He says there's no point in negotiating with Putin.
- Again, if he can't talk to you, there is no point in carrying this on.
- I know there's no point in finishing the story.
- And if if there's no future, then there's no point in punishment.
- So there's no point forcing yourself to release it before you.
- And it just left me feeling like there was no point in continuing the story, the series.
- Because then there's no point in getting away with it.
- There's no point in stopping still No, there's no point in looking back.
- And so there's no point joining an Army push a pen.
- I'm never got there's no point in starting 'cause I'll never saw.
- So if you have any, there's no point going whatever.
Examples
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There's no point in hiding the truth any longer.
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Sometimes I see no point in supporting the German Physical Society any longer.
Academic text (2004) -
There is no point talking to you.
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There would be no point.
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"In that case, I suppose there is no point in it, is there?" I asked.
Fiction book (1991) -
An attack from the west was unlikely, but there was no point in leaving anything to chance.
Fiction book (1993) -
There's no point in talking to the Sheriff.
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I know there's no point in finishing the story.
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I can't justify that to the board, so there's no point in having this discussion.
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There is no point in trying to persuade him; he has made up his mind.
Synonyms
226
5.1
Having no meaning, value, or purpose
157
3.5
Not doing anything useful
133
2.5
An action that will not help
4
5.3
Not done for any clear reason or useful result
1
7.6
You say something is not worth doing because it will not help
Antonyms
How Worthwhile
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'no reason or purpose' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'no' (not any) with 'point' (meaning purpose, reason or significance); a learner who knows both words can infer that there is no reason to do the action. This negator + noun compositional pattern is common and follows standard English semantics, so a B1 learner would very likely understand it without prior exposure.
Etymology
No point may come from the idea of a point as the sharp tip of a tool or the target of an arrow. Without that point the tool or arrow cannot do its job, so saying no point means 'no reason' or 'no use' in doing something.