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pointless

point·less

UK/ˈpɔɪntləs/ US/ˈpɔɪntlʌs/ fairly common

adjective

1.

not having a point especially a sharp point

  • “my pencils are all pointless”
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2.

serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

  • “otiose lines in a play”
  • “advice is wasted words”
3.

lacking import

  • “a pointless remark”
  • “a life essentially purposeless”
  • “senseless violence”

Origin

From Middle English pointles, poynteles, poyntlees. By surface analysis, point + -less.

Phrases

  • pointless topology

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