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pointless adj.
vain adj.

ADJECTIVE

pointless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absurd aimless fruitless futile impotent inconsequential ineffective ineffectual insignificant irrelevant meaningless powerless silly stupid trivial unnecessary unproductive useless worthless

WEAK

around in circles in vicious circle inane needle in haystack nongermane nonsensical not pertinent on treadmill purportless remote unavailing uninteresting unprofitable vague vain

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able consequential effective fruitful important necessary potent productive profitable sensible significant strong useful valuable wise worthwhile

WEAK

beneficial meaningful pointed

ADJECTIVE

vain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frivolous fruitless petty trivial

WEAK

abortive barren bootless delusive delusory empty hollow idle in vicious circle inefficacious insignificant misleading no-win not a prayer nugatory on a treadmill otiose paltry pointless profitless puny senseless shuck slight sterile time-wasting trifling unavailing unimportant unnotable unproductive unprofitable valueless void worthless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

consequential important significant useful

WEAK

modest possible shy

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going nowhere

Meanwhile in Edinburgh, the two other members of the former gang are going nowhere fast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“The housing market is going nowhere fast,” Oliver Allen, a senior U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, wrote in a note.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026

Starmer's spokesman insisted Thursday that the prime minister was going nowhere.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

Virgo spoke of Higgins rescuing a sport that was "going nowhere", crediting him with reinventing it into a spectacle that was both "watchable and exciting".

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

After a few minutes, I just felt...not tired, exactly, but more like my mind was wandering and going nowhere in particular.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

going nowhere

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