pointless
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"If your child thinks their outcomes won't meet your expectations, they may start to feel that their effort is pointless," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Being worried about a law that would make such a thing perfectly legal is a pointless distraction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Removing tax from period products in Jersey's shops would be "pointless", the social security minister has said.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Memory, desire and moral evasion all complicate the inquiry: It’s pointless, Sammy suggests, “to say that each consciousness is a whole world because each consciousness is a dozen worlds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Having small powers now seemed totally stupid and pointless.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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