pointless

  • 1Pointless — Point less, a. Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark. [1913 Webster] Syn: Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2pointless — index immaterial, inapposite, insipid, null (insignificant), pedestrian, unavailing, unreasonable …

    Law dictionary

  • 3pointless — (adj.) early 14c., blunt, from POINT (Cf. point) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Meaning of no effect, to no purpose is from 1726. Related: Pointlessly; pointlessness …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4pointless — [adj] ridiculous, senseless absurd, aimless, around in circles*, fruitless, futile, going nowhere*, impotent, inane, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, insignificant, in vicious circle*, irrelevant, meaningless, needle in haystack*,… …

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  • 5pointless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having little or no sense or purpose. DERIVATIVES pointlessly adverb pointlessness noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6pointless — [point′lis] adj. 1. without a point 2. without meaning, relevance, or force; senseless; inane pointlessly adv. pointlessness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 7pointless — adjective 1 without any purpose or meaning: a pointless waste of money | Life just seemed so pointless. 2 not likely to have any useful result: a pointless quarrel | it is pointless to do sth: I think it would be pointless to discuss this issue… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8pointless — point|less [ˈpɔıntləs] adj worthless or not likely to have any useful result ▪ Life just seemed pointless to me. ▪ a pointless quarrel it is pointless doing sth ▪ It s pointless telling her to clean her room she ll never do it. it is pointless to …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9pointless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ consider sth, find sth, think sth ▪ She considered it pointless to plan in too much detail …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 10pointless — adj. pointless to + inf. (it s pointless to continue the discussion) * * * [ pɔɪntlɪs] pointless to + inf. (it s pointless to continue the discussion) …

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