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pointless
adjective as in ridiculous, senseless
Strongest matches
absurd, aimless, fruitless, futile, impotent, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, insignificant, irrelevant, meaningless, powerless, silly, stupid, trivial, unnecessary, unproductive, useless, worthless
Example Sentences
“You think I haven’t been struggling? That I haven’t been angry at the world for taking her from me? That my life hasn’t felt empty and pointless without her around?”
His cases involved “endless and seemingly pointless fighting,” with a focus just about money, he says.
If this is the best quality England can get, increasing the quantity would have been pointless.
It was the longest in U.S. history, 43 days, and utterly pointless.
In a typically pointless interlude, he plays a blind Irish priest, but doesn’t fool anyone long enough to yield a solid gag.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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