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POINTLESS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does pointless mean?

• POINTLESS (adjective)
The adjective POINTLESS has 3 senses:

1. not having a point especially a sharp point
2. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
3. lacking import

Familiarity information: POINTLESS used as an adjective is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• POINTLESS (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Not having a point especially a sharp point

Synonyms:

pointless; unpointed

Context example:

my pencils are all pointless

Similar:

blunt (having a broad or rounded end)

Antonym:

pointed (having a point)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

Synonyms:

otiose; superfluous; wasted; pointless

Context examples:

otiose lines in a play / advice is wasted words

Similar:

worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Lacking import

Synonyms:

purposeless; pointless; senseless

Context examples:

a pointless remark / a life essentially purposeless / senseless violence

Similar:

meaningless; nonmeaningful (having no meaning or direction or purpose)

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