pointless
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈpɔɪntləs/
- For many, doing hours of homework without understanding the subject feels pointless.
- pointless to try
- seems pointless
- life is pointless
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Watch on YouTubeSo they have to find all of these pointless arguments and fights.
- So they have to find all of these pointless arguments and fights.
- That's great, but it's pointless when there's no fuel in the car.
- This neckline, I find the most pointless neckline in the world.
- So it's just it's pointless to fret about them.
- But again, you are engaging in a pointless endeavor of calling them out.
- To to not be lost in, in pointless thought, self-destructive thought.
- It's like diets, right, completely pointless if you can't stay on it long term.
- law like FATCA that make it pointless for Americans to keep money offshore.
- But now it's so useless to us that it's basically pointless to have one.
- I know that it's pointless to try and be someone else.
- It fluctuates so wildly, it's almost pointless to track.
- I want to focus on the child I love and not this pointless struggle.
Examples
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The debate had been really rather pointless, and in the end, nothing had been achieved.
Fiction book (1990) -
That's great, but it's pointless when there's no fuel in the car.
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And was it the most pointless battle of the First World War?
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And so now that person feels like it's a pointless action.
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Okay, this is probably pointless, but is there anything I can do?
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Twenty hours in my class would be pointless for you.
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The game itself is pointless.
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The lack of such a system might sound like a pointless problem to some engineers.
Academic text (2005) -
Mom could see that continuing the conversation was pointless, and we rode the rest of the way home in silence.
Fiction book (1992) -
That being said, a review would be pointless without a healthy dose of skepticism.
Synonyms
548
5.6
Bad or worthless and often causing trouble
481
1.0
Not able to do the job it is made for
273
3.0
Has no value or use
271
1.6
More than is needed or wanted
204
5.1
Having no meaning, value, or purpose
145
4.2
Not producing any useful result
75
6.0
Not likely to work or help
66
4.2
Foolish and having no clear reason
35
5.2
Unimportant talk with no real reason
29
7.7
Not important and not likely to make a difference
27
7.5
Very silly and having no real meaning
22
7.0
More than what is needed or useful
19
6.8
Not useful or worth much
7
2.3
Not necessary or useful in a situation
4
5.3
Not done for any clear reason or useful result
2
4.5
Not giving useful results or helping to finish work, like a meeting
1
5.0
Not working or useful for any purpose
1
9.9
Not useful and having little value
1
9.9
Useless and not needed
Not done with a clear aim or useful reason
Not useful or important
Not important or serious compared with other things
Not helpful and not wanted in any situation
Something that has no real purpose or value
Completely without help for any task
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Pointless is made from point and -less, and point can mean a 'purpose' as in 'What's the point?'. So, pointless means 'without a purpose', something that has no use.