pointless
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“You get to the point where it’d be pointless to the Iranians to close it because they wouldn’t be interrupting anything and they’d just be cutting themselves off.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
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
I tried to tell Abuela that talking to my mom was pointless.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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