POINTLESSNESS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

pointlessness

noun

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Recent Examples of pointlessness The battle that follows — a muddy and mean scrum — is even more ghastly, partly for its utter pointlessness. — ABC News, 17 June 2026 Such expeditions can turn into a Buddhistic exercise in enlightened pointlessness. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Arendt, evidently depressed and convinced of life’s meaninglessness, found his teaching electrifying.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Like emo in the early to mid ’00s, the genre marker has been muddied to the point of near meaninglessness.

— Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of meaninglessness

Noun

Even though Brian Daboll took the Giants back to the postseason and became Coach of the Year in the process, the Giants have fallen down since, slogging their way to irrelevance.

— Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Before the whole scene of domestic bliss is cut short, Cruz and Josie discuss their looming irrelevance as human foot soldiers in a future of wars fought by machines, finding brief solace in each other’s out-of-uniform bodies.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of irrelevance

Noun

Experts at Black Hat highlighted the challenge of distinguishing good from bad agent actions and the inadequacy of current identity management, which relies on human accountability and speed.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Then there’s social jealousy, like if your daughter didn’t get invited to a sleepover, which causes feelings of insecurity or inadequacy.

— Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of inadequacy

Noun

But for less intimate relationships, the perception of wrongness was the key predictor of negative feelings and avoidance.

— Andras Molnar, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
Hidden, almost, in the center of the exhibition are a few of Mendieta’s early paintings from the late 1960s and early 1970s, which have a jarring feeling of wrongness about them.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

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