as in meaningless
having no meaning
a pointless remark that left everyone scratching their heads in confusion
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Recent Examples of pointless
Diehards nitpicked pointless details like Bond's hair color as an excuse to dismiss the whole experiment.
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Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
When leaders lose sight of the customer, bureaucracy grows, pointless jobs proliferate, innovation slows, and customers pay the price through higher costs, worse service, and fewer breakthroughs.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
The slaughter of Australian infantry at the hands of Turkish guns on the coastal region of Gallipoli has become emblematic of the pointless loss of life during this cruel conflict.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
If so, Polis’ cave-in was pointless.
—Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
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Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
When leaders lose sight of the customer, bureaucracy grows, pointless jobs proliferate, innovation slows, and customers pay the price through higher costs, worse service, and fewer breakthroughs.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
The slaughter of Australian infantry at the hands of Turkish guns on the coastal region of Gallipoli has become emblematic of the pointless loss of life during this cruel conflict.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
If so, Polis’ cave-in was pointless.
—Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for pointless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointless
meaningless
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Many feminist Marxists believed, in the ’70s, that the liberation of sexuality would change the way that all people love one another and inhabit their bodies, such that the very categories of cissexual society shall become odd and meaningless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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But that doesn't mean the data is unimportant or meaningless, especially when HRV is considered alongside other health information such as sleep quality, resting heart rate, activity levels, recovery patterns or stress metrics.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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“Pointless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointless. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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