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Recent Examples of pointlessly
Don’t be pointlessly inscrutable.
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Kim Scott,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
But Senate Democrats in recent months have perfected the strategy of pointlessly running this tactic into the ground.
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Editorial,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
But Senate Democrats in recent months have perfected the strategy of pointlessly running this tactic into the ground.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
Matvei Michkov, rather than sensing the developing danger, pointlessly floated around at the top of the Flyers’ defensive zone.
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Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
The kitchen is also pointlessly complicated.
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Jason Fried,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
Trump should ask himself whether stirring a hornet’s nest serves any purpose other than pointlessly alienating a benevolent neighbor that is beginning to pad its insurance policy by reaching out to non-hemispheric powers.
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Daniel Depetris,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
My partner’s refusal to be comforted by this institutional food struck me sometimes as pointlessly obstructive and at other times as a sign of self-respect.
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Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
Few endeavors could signal virtue as pointlessly or gratuitously.
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Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
Kim Scott,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
But Senate Democrats in recent months have perfected the strategy of pointlessly running this tactic into the ground.
—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
But Senate Democrats in recent months have perfected the strategy of pointlessly running this tactic into the ground.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
Matvei Michkov, rather than sensing the developing danger, pointlessly floated around at the top of the Flyers’ defensive zone.
—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
The kitchen is also pointlessly complicated.
—
Jason Fried,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
Trump should ask himself whether stirring a hornet’s nest serves any purpose other than pointlessly alienating a benevolent neighbor that is beginning to pad its insurance policy by reaching out to non-hemispheric powers.
—
Daniel Depetris,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
My partner’s refusal to be comforted by this institutional food struck me sometimes as pointlessly obstructive and at other times as a sign of self-respect.
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Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
Few endeavors could signal virtue as pointlessly or gratuitously.
—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointlessly
Adverb
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All the bad and all the good are gone, senselessly ripped away from them.
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Advertisement Rabbi Eli Schlanger was only 41-years-old when he was gunned down mercilessly, senselessly by terrorists.
Adverb
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It’s been about holding them in tension, sometimes brilliantly, often painfully, and always imperfectly.
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Let a few tendrils fall to frame your face for an imperfectly perfect look like Salma Hayek's style.
Adverb
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Like Alito’s paisanes, my Mexican family was also demonized for supposedly being insufficiently American and posing a threat to national unity.
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At times, some groups may feel overlooked or insufficiently welcomed, reminding us that inclusion is a value that must continually be expanded and reaffirmed.
Adverb
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Undermanned in the middle and inadequately equipped on the back end, Holland, a septuagenarian with four Stanley Cup rings, will have to earn every word of his reputation this summer.
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As medetomidine spreads across the country, jails that are still inadequately prepared to treat opioid withdrawal alone could face an onslaught of severe cases.
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“Pointlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointlessly. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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