pointlessness
2
6.2
- noun
- /ˈpɔɪntləsnəs/
:
inutilidad
- The pointlessness of the entire endeavor.
It wore me down with its sheer pointlessness, so I quit.
- It wore me down with its sheer pointlessness, so I quit.
- It's this oppositionality that feeds so much of the guidance around the pointlessness of asking a narcissist to do something.
Examples
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You're the one that hates it so much, forever lecturing me on the pointlessness of existence.
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But unlike many Vietnam veterans, Swofford questioned the relative pointlessness of his war precisely because of the dearth of combat he had faced.
Academic text (2013) -
The pointlessness of her fear seemed only too typical of where things were.
Fiction book (1999) -
"If ever I had a conversation with her, I think she'd agree with me about the pointlessness of fame and money.
Fiction book (2001) -
And also that nagging sense of pointlessness.
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It wore me down with its sheer pointlessness, so I quit.
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Andy objected on grounds of pointlessness.
Fiction book (2002) -
A sense of pointlessness or meaninglessness in our society may be at the root of much of its current malaise.
Academic text (1993) -
Even at their young age, the girls were already savvy to the pointlessness of working puzzles or building wooden block villages: sooner or later, the puzzles and blocks had to be knocked down, taken apart, and cleaned up.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many sleepless nights found me contemplating the profound pointlessness of the cruelty all around me.
Synonyms
175
2.8
A situation in which doing something will not help
133
2.5
An action that will not help
58
5.3
A feeling that life has no meaning
29
7.0
A feeling or situation when something is useless because it cannot succeed
7
5.8
A state of not being important or having little effect
6
4.3
A state in which something does not help or have value
4
7.6
A feeling that what you do has no purpose or value
4
3.9
An activity that uses your time but does not help you
4
9.5
A state of being very silly and without any real meaning
3
2.9
An action that uses effort but achieves nothing useful
3
6.3
A feeling that you have no value or importance
2
7.0
A state of having no meaning or purpose
1
7.0
A lack of clear purpose or direction
1
3.8
An action that uses time and energy but gives no useful result
1
8.7
The feeling of having no clear goal or direction
1
9.2
A lack of ideas or meaning
1
4.3
A thing like time or money that is completely useless and gives no benefit
1
9.2
A state of being empty of meaning and thought
A feeling of having no clear purpose or aim
A situation when something is not helpful and has no clear purpose
A state of not being useful
Having no real result or value
A state in which something is not necessary
Being more than what is needed
A situation where something is not needed
Antonyms
How Pointless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pointlessness is made of point, meaning the 'tip' of something or the main 'purpose', plus -less, meaning 'without', and -ness which turns it into the name of a state. So, pointlessness means being 'without a point', without purpose or meaning.