as in meaningless
having no meaning
a pointless remark that left everyone scratching their heads in confusion
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To him, college is a pointless endeavor that robs a person of prime earning years; the only reason someone would choose the classroom over the doors was fear.
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Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
Like many public-housing projects, the original Sumner Houses, built in the late 1950s, withdraw from the street, lurking behind a perimeter of pointless lawn.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2025
Much of the traditional oppositional playbook has, in the dawning Second Age of Trump, come to seem ineffective, pointless, even counterproductive.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Several delegates believed that oaths were pointless, almost superstitious.
—Massimo Calabresi, TIME, 19 Jan. 2025
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Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
Like many public-housing projects, the original Sumner Houses, built in the late 1950s, withdraw from the street, lurking behind a perimeter of pointless lawn.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2025
Much of the traditional oppositional playbook has, in the dawning Second Age of Trump, come to seem ineffective, pointless, even counterproductive.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Several delegates believed that oaths were pointless, almost superstitious.
—Massimo Calabresi, TIME, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Pointless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointless. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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