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
This is an incredibly stupid and pointless thing Ellie is doing.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
So in the meantime, our state should at least remove the pointless obstacles and give child care providers a fighting chance to keep up.
—Howard C Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
Though this may seem obvious, grief made even the simplest tasks feel overwhelming or pointless for me.
—Kathleen Ferraro, SELF, 15 Apr. 2025
Now, office jobs, thoroughly feminized, are held to be worthless, pointless, producing nothing of value.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 14 Apr. 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
So in the meantime, our state should at least remove the pointless obstacles and give child care providers a fighting chance to keep up.
—Howard C Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
Though this may seem obvious, grief made even the simplest tasks feel overwhelming or pointless for me.
—Kathleen Ferraro, SELF, 15 Apr. 2025
Now, office jobs, thoroughly feminized, are held to be worthless, pointless, producing nothing of value.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pointless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointless
meaningless
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The trouble is that in and of themselves, trade deficits (or surpluses) are meaningless measures of a nation’s economic health.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Ever since Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise’s films have imposed a sense of duty on audiences — a different purpose than other meaningless, direct-to-streaming content with zero purpose.—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 May 2025
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“Pointless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointless. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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