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
Cautious of what some may think of unnecessarily flamboyant decor, Mulvaney wasn't aiming for pointless blasts of feminine touches everywhere.
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 22 May 2025
Watching a rearview mirror to guard against a repeat attack is pointless.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
It’s not always taken seriously enough, despite the fact that employees cite office gossip as their number one pet peeve more than pointless meetings, coworkers taking undeserved credit and micromanagement.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Corporate-restructuring deals, by comparison, felt pointless.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 22 May 2025
Watching a rearview mirror to guard against a repeat attack is pointless.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
It’s not always taken seriously enough, despite the fact that employees cite office gossip as their number one pet peeve more than pointless meetings, coworkers taking undeserved credit and micromanagement.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Corporate-restructuring deals, by comparison, felt pointless.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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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 11 Jun. 2025.
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