pointless
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Memory, desire and moral evasion all complicate the inquiry: It’s pointless, Sammy suggests, “to say that each consciousness is a whole world because each consciousness is a dozen worlds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
His two-star review said the remake feels "so pointless" when the original film was "a fun, funny, poignant coming-of-age yarn with fantastic music and a winning Polynesian spin on the Disney Princess template".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
All-hands meeting, especially when you are a new employee, can seem pointless.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
“It’s pointless commenting on hypothetical situations,” Algeria head coach Vladimir Petkovic said at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Maybe I should check my phone, he thought, then remembered how pointless that was.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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