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pointless::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unpointed |
my pencils are all pointless.
pointless::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | otiose, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted |
| Derivation | pointlessness |
a pointless remark.
Examples of pointless
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Dull, pointless and boring sports such as F1 also receive the digital treatment.
From the hecklerspray.com
I tend to support protests, even pointless ones that cause some property damage.
From the economist.com
Speaking of length, the NYT supplement at 8 pages, is quite alone and pointless.
From the guardian.co.uk
Pointless debate of the sort you'd expect in the worst kind of local newspapers.
From the guardian.co.uk
Those who don't get it probably never will, so it's pointless to call attention.
From the dispatch.com
It may be pointless to search for a single grievance to explain the recent plot.
From the theatlantic.com
One woman tells a man walking next to her that moments of silence are pointless.
From the timesunion.com
In some ways, comparing Awutu and Kliptown would be unfair and rather pointless.
From the economist.com
You can triangulate all you want against the two, but it's a pointless exercise.
From the economist.com
- Not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"
- Otiose: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
- (pointlessly) in a pointless manner; "he spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery"
- (pointlessness) inanity: total lack of meaning or ideas
- Pointless, subtitled "A season with Britain's worst football team" by Jeff Connor, is a book published in 2006 about East Stirlingshire F.C..
- Pointless is a game show shown on BBC Two, hosted by Alexander Armstrong, with Richard Osman as assistant. It was first broadcast on 24 August 2009. The first series finished broadcasting on 7 October 2009. ...
- Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end; Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc; Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim; Without points
- To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
