as in meaningless
having no meaning
a pointless remark that left everyone scratching their heads in confusion
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Recent Examples of pointless
Kimbrough has spent much of his time working on the property, but now the remaining projects — landscaping, finishing the basement — seem pointless to pursue.
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
The history of the treatment of madness, far from representing the slow but steady march of science, was until recently a series of false starts, futile debates about method, and pointless, even cruel, interventions.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
To see players announced and introduced after 10 minutes of pointless waiting and camera shots of team executives sitting around a table looking at laptops before clapping after every decision.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Of course planting trees isn’t a pointless effort.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
The history of the treatment of madness, far from representing the slow but steady march of science, was until recently a series of false starts, futile debates about method, and pointless, even cruel, interventions.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
To see players announced and introduced after 10 minutes of pointless waiting and camera shots of team executives sitting around a table looking at laptops before clapping after every decision.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Of course planting trees isn’t a pointless effort.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pointless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointless
meaningless
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Expansion would also likely bring about the need to abolish conference title games, which are increasingly meaningless and would be more so in, say, a world where the first- through fourth-place teams in every conference end up in the playoffs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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Alves de Oliveira argues that Lee is far from being another heritage brand reduced to meaningless licenses.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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“Pointless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointless. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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