pointless

Definition for pointless

adjective as in ridiculous, senseless

Strongest matches

absurd, aimless, fruitless, futile, impotent, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, insignificant, irrelevant, meaningless, powerless, silly, stupid, trivial, unnecessary, unproductive, useless, worthless

Weak matches

around in circles, going nowhere, in vicious circle, inane, needle in haystack, nongermane, nonsensical, not pertinent, on treadmill, purportless, remote, unavailing, uninteresting, unprofitable, vague, vain

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He’s not hiding from it; that would be pointless.

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Trump has little desire to inherit, in the longer term, a war he has derided as expensive and pointless.

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"It's sort of futile in a way, it's pointless," he added.

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We find it pointless for both of us to be trying to watch Matilda, because then you just have two people who are exhausted.

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People are going to be forced to watch their neighbors, their co-workers, their kids’ friends, and their fellow parents get loaded onto planes and deported, and they are not going to like it one bit as they realize that, once again, the cruelty is the point, and that all of this pointless suffering isn’t going to bring back 2019 prices.

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