pointlessness

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The Union of Soviet Composers blacklisted her in 1979, condemning her and six fellow composers for writing "pointlessness... noisy mud instead of musical innovation".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

Being entirely confident in my friends’ abilities to succeed revealed the pointlessness of hesitating to be confident in my own.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2024

“In a way, the new version is both more sentimental and darker,” Noé said in a video interview, explaining that it emphasizes the pointlessness of Marcus’s vengeance-seeking.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

She may be anonymous at the moment, but she has become a powerful symbol of the cruelty and pointlessness of this unforgivable war.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

There’s a false beast that takes the form of instinct and harps on the pointlessness of everything that happens.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan