Antonyms for pointless
ˈpɔɪnt lɪspoint·less

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1. pointlessadjective

   Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.

   Since the decision has already been made, further discussion seems pointless.

   Antonyms:
   pointful, useful

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, redundant, needless, purposeless

2. pointlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   dull, blunt, obtuse

3. pointlessadjective

   Antonyms:
   sharp, pointed

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1. pointlessadjective

   Antonyms:
   close, sharp, telling, pregnant, significant, expressive, forcible, epigrammatic

   Synonyms:
   vague, vapid, aimless, inexpressive, feeble

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1. pointless, unpointedadjective

   not having a point especially a sharp point

   "my pencils are all pointless"

   Antonyms:
   acute, acanthous, peaked, fusiform, spindle-shaped, pointed, pyramidic, pyramidal, sharp, acuate, spikelike, needlelike, spinous, valuable, six-pointed, acanthoid, nibbed, cigar-shaped, spiked, pyramidical, barreled, sharpened, bristle-pointed, five-pointed, barrelled

   Synonyms:
   purposeless, otiose, wasted, unpointed, senseless, superfluous

2. otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wastedadjective

   serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

   "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"

   Antonyms:
   spindle-shaped, pointed, bristle-pointed, six-pointed, spikelike, spinous, sharp, acanthous, spiked, acanthoid, barrelled, peaked, acute, needlelike, valuable, barreled, fusiform, cigar-shaped, five-pointed, nibbed, pyramidal, sharpened, pyramidic, pyramidical, acuate

   Synonyms:
   spare, gaunt, work-shy, supernumerary, diminished, unpointed, lazy, slothful, emaciated, pinched, surplus, cadaverous, superfluous, faineant, ineffectual, futile, mindless, witless, supererogatory, excess, redundant, nitwitted, wasted, insensible, haggard, senseless, purposeless, unavailing, reasonless, skeletal, atrophied, soft-witted, indolent, otiose, extra, bony, squandered

How to use pointless in a sentence?

1. Britt Ekland:

   I feel great now, better than I have for many years, getting older happens to everyone. It’s pointless complaining about it or wishing you could change.

2. Tom Burt:

   It doesn't assume that the devices can't be hacked, because that's a foolish assumption but what it does do is it says : Even if it does( get hacked), how can we make it pointless for them to do that ?

3. Mark Takano:

   This resolution really would present an unduly burdensome and pointless paperwork exercise for VA and will ultimately reveal nothing that is not already known about VA’s wait time calculations.

4. Staff John Kelly:

   It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown, i don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.

5. Abdoul Karim Maiga:

   It would be pointless to dismiss workers just to hire them back a year later, with the risk of not getting them all back and with the damage it would do the community, the company will shoulder the losses until the start of the new project.

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