pointlessadjective
uk/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs/us/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs/C1 Something that is pointless has no purpose, and it is a waste of time doing it:
This is a pointless exercise.
It seemed pointless to continue.
informal It's pointless arguing with him.
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Useless and futile
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift
- aimless
- airy-fairy
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid
- fool's errand
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous
- fruitless
- moon around
- motiveless
- negate
- no good idiom
- nugatory
- use
- useless
- vain
- vainly
- what good is ... idiom
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pointlessly
adverb uk/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs.li/us/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs.li/
Innocent lives were cruelly and pointlessly wiped out.
pointlessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs.nəs/us/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs.nəs/
a poem about the pointlessness of life