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pointless

[point-lis] / ˈpɔɪnt lɪs /


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It is whether your team has learned that speaking up is pointless.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Dylan would have to probably work hard to write such bland and pointless garbage.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

A really poor start compounded with being the innocent victim in the Lawson crash leaves him pointless.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Interviewees joke about how inscrutable he is, guess at aspects of his biography, and early on we hear Michaels’ belief that explaining humor is pointless.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

For a moment it seemed pointless, this annual pilgrimage to a home that continued to reject me, and I wondered if I should go.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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