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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

“Not as stupid and pointless as that other critically overrated piece of junk ‘Get Out,’ but determined to go down trying.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

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

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“Outcome maxxing >> token maxxing,” Yamini Rangan, chief executive of software company HubSpot wrote on LinkedIn, expressing a common sentiment that maximizing AI usage is pointless unless it has real returns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

What Pamela did was hateful, but what’s even harder to take is how pointless it was.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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