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Recent Examples of pointless Though this may seem obvious, grief made even the simplest tasks feel overwhelming or pointless for me. Kathleen Ferraro, SELF, 15 Apr. 2025 Now, office jobs, thoroughly feminized, are held to be worthless, pointless, producing nothing of value. Constance Grady, Vox, 14 Apr. 2025 Complaining about the quality of Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Manchester City feels almost pointless. Michael Cox, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 But in many performances, much of its detail can seem puzzling or pointless—vigorous or languorous notes spinning between the overwhelming climaxes. David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pointless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointless
meaningless
Adjective
  • Spraying meaningless reactions across your feed does nothing for your business.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • This team might be torn apart in the next few months and forgotten to history, a meaningless row in a basketball reference page.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Pointless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointless. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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