pointless
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The 39-year-old described the 20 minutes of free parking "pointless".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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
Almost always the topic assumes a Western liberal-democratic definition of rational, which makes the question pointless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The rain poured down so hard it was pointless to look out the window.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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