adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
rather
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And it would be rather pointless if I started trying to ape him.
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There has been a long and rather pointless debate on this question.
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The first and second would be rather pointless .
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It's really rather pointless otherwise.
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The fact that this was credible only if the youth was retarded made the moral crux which followed rather pointless .
■ NOUN
exercise
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It's also a fairly pointless exercise , too.
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Reviews of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals are mostly pointless exercises .
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It looked a pointless exercise , facing a passed partner, but West had his reasons.
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Speculating like this was always a pointless exercise but it occupied a portion of any day.
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The boys grumbled at this, saying it was a pointless exercise .
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We are expecting him back on Monday - but if he's only staying for three days it's a pointless exercise .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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pointless drug testing on animals
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a pointless , brutal murder
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a film full of pointless violence
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It's pointless to take notes and then never look at them again.
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It's pointless trying to speak to the manager -- she's always too busy.
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It is pointless to argue about who is more to blame.
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Look, it's pointless us both waiting here -- I'll go and find a phone.
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Most people think the project is a pointless waste of money.
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Never give your students pointless exercises to do -- always provide interesting, meaningful tasks.
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Officials say the investigation is pointless .
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People stood in groups, making pointless small talk.
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She decided it was pointless trying to work while her mind was on other things.
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Simon was probably dead, and it was pointless to think he was coming back.
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Speculating like that was always a pointless exercise, but he did it nevertheless.
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The argument was completely pointless .
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The company says it is pointless to compete in the air package holiday market.
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We had to change the sheets daily, which always seemed to me to be a pointless exercise.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bills with bipartisan sponsorship have been introduced in both chambers to repeal this pointless cruelty.
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I felt strong; there was a point to a life that had seemed pointless .
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Instead of allowing this to be a frustrating and pointless event, ask yourself why you created it.
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It could also be said that without evaluation, proper identification of need is pointless !
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It was pointless , we were told.
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Until Tuesday night, the question seemed almost pointless .
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What she thought intolerable was that people could hate each other in a silly, pointless place where peace was possible.
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When you watch them you think it almost looks pointless .