point ‧ less /ˈpɔɪntləs/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ point , ↑ pointer , ↑ pointlessness ; adjective : ↑ pointed , ↑ pointy , ↑ pointless ; adverb : ↑ pointlessly , ↑ pointedly ; verb : ↑ point ]
worthless or not likely to have any useful result:
Life just seemed pointless to me.
a pointless quarrel
it is pointless doing something
It’s pointless telling her to clean her room – she’ll never do it.
it is pointless to do something
I think it would be pointless to discuss this issue again.
—pointlessly adverb
—pointlessness noun [uncountable]
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THESAURUS
▪ pointless not likely to have a useful result:
She knew it would be pointless to argue with him.
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The meeting was a pointless exercise.
▪ futile completely pointless because there is no chance at all of being successful:
She shut the door in a futile attempt to keep the smell out.
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Their efforts proved futile (=did not have any success) .
▪ useless not useful or effective in any way:
I knew it was useless to try to explain to him what had happened.
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The map we had been given was useless.
▪ hopeless having no hope of being successful or effective:
It was a hopeless task.
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He was jumping up and down in a hopeless attempt to keep warm.
▪ be a waste of time/money/effort to be not worth the time, money etc that you use because you do not achieve anything:
The whole process was a complete waste of time.
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The scheme was a waste of money.