pointlessness
Example Sentences
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"We can see the entire pointlessness of this war at this place," noted Merz.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
“Life on Earth is kind of a playthrough of painfulness, pointlessness, beauty and a deep trove of meanings that we have to find somehow,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 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
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
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