Synonyms 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.

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, redundant, needless, purposeless

   Antonyms:
   pointful, useful

2. pointlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   dull, blunt, obtuse

3. pointlessadjective

   Antonyms:
   sharp, pointed

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1. pointlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   vague, vapid, aimless, inexpressive, feeble

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

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1. pointless, unpointedadjective

   not having a point especially a sharp point

   "my pencils are all pointless"

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

   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

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"

   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

   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

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1. redundant

   useless; without meaning, unnecessary; doesn't need to be added

   you've said that already; saying it again is pointless.

   Submitted by rinat on September 3, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "pointless":

   useless, meaningless, senseless, futile, unnecessary, nonsensical, unhelpful, absurd, needless, worthless, superfluous, vain, fruitless, sensu

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1. Hua Chunying:

   I believe it doesn't make any sense for the U.S. to exercise its campaign of maximum pressure at this time. It's pointless to tell others to take medication when you're the one who is sick.

2. Benjamin Weinthal:

   The Iranian people are struggling every day to rid themselves of Khamenei’s tyranny and create a secular democracy. The only way to resolve the nuclear crisis is a complete change of the political system in Iran. Instead of pointless negotiations with the regime, the Biden administration should maximize its support for the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom.

3. 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 ?

4. Priti Patel:

   Just think of how much more success our economy could have if we had the power to reduce the burden of red tape and replace pointless EU rules with sensible domestic regulation.

5. Andrew Brown:

   Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.