as in meaninglessness
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Recent Examples of pointlessness
Such expeditions can turn into a Buddhistic exercise in enlightened pointlessness.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointlessness
Noun
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The irony and meaninglessness of the carnage rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation in his day-to-day work.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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The irony and meaninglessness of the violence rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation and community care in his day-to-day work.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Celebrate your irrelevance today.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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That’s patently unfair, because Miami has experienced far more success in recent years, including the two Finals appearances this decade, while the Bulls have languished in irrelevance for years.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The reality is that Kenya, like many other African countries, isn’t capable of taking full advantage of economic opportunities presented by the boom in AI and data centers due to the inadequacy of basic underlying infrastructure.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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Moments of brilliance in a 14-point third quarter were offset by stretches of inadequacy for a superstar, at both ends of the floor.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Defendants rely on cases that, ironically, only confirm the inapplicability of the § 1252(f)(1) bar here.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Perfection alienates; wrongness invites.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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In the 1940s and 50s, Pym’s spinsters had occupied a status of respectable wrongness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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“Pointlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointlessness. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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