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
Changing the time back and forth between Daylight Saving Time and whatever that other time is called is stupid and pointless.
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Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
Though the immediate fight is against Russia, the ultimate battle is for their values of liberty and democracy, supporters say, without which the battlefield struggle becomes pointless.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 July 2025
The savagery on display should be terrifying, but in a world where humans are so divorced from their actions, everything feels plastic, random, pointless.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 July 2025
But the point is, the games didn’t end anyway, so all of this was pointless and just left open-ended for more seasons someday or spin-offs.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
Though the immediate fight is against Russia, the ultimate battle is for their values of liberty and democracy, supporters say, without which the battlefield struggle becomes pointless.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 July 2025
The savagery on display should be terrifying, but in a world where humans are so divorced from their actions, everything feels plastic, random, pointless.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 July 2025
But the point is, the games didn’t end anyway, so all of this was pointless and just left open-ended for more seasons someday or spin-offs.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointless
meaningless
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Without fairness, the test (and winning) becomes meaningless—and for the rest of us, a huge bummer.—
Lindsey Witmer Collins,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The protester specifically said a letter Casten signed that day along with more than 90 other House Democrats, demanding an investigation into starvation reports in Gaza, was meaningless.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Pointless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointless. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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