pointless
Use Pointless in a sentence
lɪs adjective
1.
without a point: a pointless pen.
2.
blunt, as an instrument.
3.
without force, meaning, or relevance: a pointless remark.
4.
without a point scored, as in a game: a pointless inning.
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Pointless
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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pointless (ˈpɔɪntlɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | without a point |
| 2. | without meaning, relevance, or force |
| 3. | sport without a point scored |
| 'pointlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'pointlessness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Unless these factors and others are accounted for and adjusted, all pretty pointless.
It is pointless to discuss preservation of specific animals.
It is the sort of outfit that thrives on pointless wars in failed, dirt-poor places.
But arguing over a label for this transformation is a pointless distraction from the magnitude of what we've done.
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