pointless
adjective/ˈpɔɪntləs/
/ˈpɔɪntləs/
- having no purpose; not worth doing
- We searched until we knew it would be pointless to continue.
- Trying to foresee the future is a pointless exercise.
Extra Examples- The film is entertaining but ultimately pointless.
- The whole discussion was utterly pointless.
- This renders the project pointless.
- I knew it was pointless expecting him to change his mind.
- It would be pointless for both of you to work on the same thing.
- We were expected to sit through pointless committee meetings.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
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- absolutely
- completely
- entirely
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