pointlessly
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4.3
- adverb
- /ˈpɔɪnt.ləs.li/
- But, you know, and I, I still find a great deal of it to be kind of pointlessly obscure and so forth.
- pointlessly and needlessly
- pointlessly elaborate
- moving pointlessly
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Watch on YouTubeI do something useful while it's plugged in, sleep, eat, flirt with my wife pointlessly.
- I do something useful while it's plugged in, sleep, eat, flirt with my wife pointlessly.
- Why not, But not obsessively accumulating one thing after another pointlessly.
- And, and it's just so pointlessly illogical to think as the Democrats, some of them do, that if you have no power, which they had, they you lost everything.
- But usually deal deals are, you know, business deals or whatever are way too long and complex and overly lowered and pointlessly.
Examples
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He died, pointlessly, stupidly... waiting for heroes to save the day.
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Why were we continuing on down stubbornly, pointlessly towards our own graves?
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Looking down at me, she started talking pointlessly about something, anything.
Fiction book (1997) -
I wanted to say I was sorry for having pointlessly disturbed him.
Fiction book (1994) -
So you teach them to be pointlessly paranoid of strangers.
Blog text (21) -
It's all a lie," she repeats pointlessly.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Every year, several million people are killed quite pointlessly by epidemics and other natural catastrophes."
Fiction book (1991) -
"You'll see him later," you say, pointlessly, knowing Oliver's already going to be late for school.
Fiction book (1997) -
We have drained Europe's resources and millions have died pointlessly.
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She spent hours pointlessly scrolling through social media without any real purpose.
Synonyms
48
3.7
Without a good reason
33
3.9
Without a good reason
33
3.7
To act in a lazy way without a clear purpose
23
3.7
Without a clear purpose, direction, or plan
5
5.5
In a way that does not succeed
4
6.0
In a way that has no good reason or purpose
4
3.5
In a way that does not help or make any difference
3
7.4
In a way that does not make a difference
2
6.0
In a way that does not succeed
1
7.3
In a silly way that has no real purpose
1
6.5
In a way that is not logical or clear
1
6.7
In a way that fails to get useful results
1
5.9
In a way that has no clear purpose or reason
1
8.2
In a way that is not important and has no effect
1
6.5
In a way that has no value or use
1
7.1
Doing something without a clear aim or plan
1
8.3
In a way not connected to the main topic
1
8.0
Not important and not likely to change the result
Antonyms
How Pointless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pointlessly comes from point + -less + -ly, where point can mean a 'sharp end' or a 'purpose' and -less means 'without'. A helpful image is a pencil with no tip: it cannot do its job, so doing something pointlessly is doing it 'without purpose' or 'without reason'.