What is another word for pointless?
Synonyms for pointless
ˈpɔɪnt lɪspoint·less
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Wiktionary
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, purposelesspointlessadjective
pointlessadjective
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
pointlessadjective
Synonyms:
vague, vapid, aimless, inexpressive, feebleAntonyms:
close, sharp, telling, pregnant, significant, expressive, forcible, epigrammatic
Princeton's WordNet
pointless, unpointedadjective
not having a point especially a sharp point
"my pencils are all pointless"
Synonyms:
purposeless, otiose, wasted, unpointed, senseless, superfluousAntonyms:
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, barrelledotiose, 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, squanderedAntonyms:
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
Editors Contribution
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
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "pointless":
useless, meaningless, senseless, futile, unnecessary, nonsensical, unhelpful, absurd, needless, worthless, superfluous, vain, fruitless, sensu
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1378 | extra | |
#4133 | excess | |
#6173 | spare | |
#7783 | surplus | |
#9125 | lazy | |
#9462 | unnecessary | |
#10226 | useless | |
#11372 | blunt | |
#12423 | redundant | |
#12442 | wasted | |
#13293 | dull | |
#14437 | vague | |
#15690 | vain | |
#16818 | absurd | |
#17350 | needless | |
#17621 | skeletal | |
#17833 | diminished | |
#18270 | pointless | |
#18688 | mindless | |
#19887 | meaningless | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#24369 | unhelpful | |
#26975 | futile | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#31681 | haggard | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#40094 | bony | |
#45025 | pinched | |
#48116 | fruitless | |
#48752 | nonsensical | |
#49528 | gaunt | |
#54150 | sensu | |
#54883 | squandered | |
#56643 | obtuse | |
#61666 | ineffectual | |
#68527 | aimless | |
#80300 | indolent | |
#89296 | emaciated | |
#94014 | vapid | |
#101823 | witless | |
#102330 | insensible | |
#109464 | unavailing | |
#114767 | slothful | |
#118122 | supernumerary | |
#148311 | purposeless | |
#149128 | atrophied | |
#194565 | cadaverous |
How to use pointless in a sentence?
Gender becomes pointless when government adopts same-sex marriage. It creates a genderless relationship out of a very gender-specific relationship. It says that it doesn’t matter and that two moms or two dads are absolutely equivalent to a mom and a dad. the institution of marriage is fundamental and it must be defended.
In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.
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.
Clearly there were process and practices, attitudes - DNA if you like - that needed to be resolved from the top down. It is pointless shuffling the deck.
Due to the policy of Vladimir Putin, a country with unparalleled potential is sinking, an economy which accumulated untold currency reserves is collapsing, this government wades into a costly, fratricidal war in Ukraine and into pointless confrontation with the West. We all feel the effects of this insane policy.
Translations for pointless
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- بدون جدوىArabic
- sinnlos, zwecklos, witzlos, stumpf, unnützGerman
- sensencaEsperanto
- innecesario, fútil, romo, vano, inútil, irrelevante, chatoSpanish
- tylsä, turhaFinnish
- obtus, inutile, vainFrench
- անիմաստArmenian
- mūhore, makihoi, moumou, maumauMāori
- zinloosDutch
- bezsensowny, bez sensuPolish
- бессмысленныйRussian
- безглуздоUkrainian
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