pointless
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Definition of pointless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for pointless
Synonyms
empty, inane, meaningless, senseless
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After a dogged performance, the Blaugrana conceded an 89th minute winner, as an Aritz Aduriz stunner sent them back to Catalonia pointless. — SI.com, "Barcelona vs Real Betis Preview: Where to Watch, Buy Tickets, Live Stream, Kick Off Time & Team News," 22 Aug. 2019 Don't let silly and pointless disputes waste your time. — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, "Horoscope for Aug. 9, 2019: Aries, really get to know someone; Pisces, hit the reset button," 9 Aug. 2019 Stuber also suffers from a surfeit of pointless B-plots that serve only to highlight the talented performers being wasted in them. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "Stuber Is an Old-School Buddy Comedy Made for 2019," 12 July 2019 That doesn’t make the addition of fiber pointless, of course. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "Why Is Added Fiber in Literally Everything?," 12 July 2019 With little genuine debate on policy happening in Congress, party leaders distract and divide the public by exploiting wedge issues and waging pointless messaging wars. — Justin Amash, The Denver Post, "Justin Amash: Our politics is in a partisan death spiral. That’s why I’m leaving the GOP," 5 July 2019 Forty-three minutes of pointless dialogue led to three minutes of action. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "The Hills: New Beginnings Is Truly About Nothing—And I’m Obsessed," 26 June 2019 And many perform seemingly pointless, repetitive actions that sometimes result in self-harm. — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, "What Science Says About Why You're Stressed and How to Cope," 21 June 2019 The young boys in First Graders (1984) and Where Is the Friend’s House? (1987) dig in their heels against authority figures who issue pointless orders and brandish threats. — Max Nelson, Harper's magazine, "The All-Seeing Eye," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pointless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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