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Pointless

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Adjective

1. pointless, unpointed

not having a point especially a sharp point

Example Sentences:
'my pencils are all pointless'

2. otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted

serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

Example Sentences:
'otiose lines in a play'
'advice is wasted words'
'a pointless remark'
'a life essentially purposeless'
'senseless violence'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pointless

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adjective
1. 
without a point
2. 
without meaning, relevance, or force
3. sport
without a point scored

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Pointless

see synonyms of pointless
adjective
1. 
without a point
2. 
without meaning, relevance, or force; senseless; inane

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pointless

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adj.
1. Lacking meaning; senseless: a pointless remark; a pointless coincidence.
2. Ineffectual; useless: a pointless effort to prevent discussion of the scandal. See Synonyms at futile.
3. Having an end that is not sharp or tapered; having no point: pointless arrows.
4. Failing to score a point: a pointless first quarter.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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