as in meaningless
having no meaning a pointless remark that left everyone scratching their heads in confusion
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Recent Examples of pointless The wars stop making sense, and thus the human and financial sacrifices come to seem pointless. —
Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 The hideous prospect of interviewing for jobs even more pointless than this one appears before me. —Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026 Other marketing jobs on RentAHuman seem equally pointless, like a $25 street promo for a cryptography startup, or a $5 job reviewing AI generated cartoons. —Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 25 Mar. 2026 But to go so far as to dismiss the past… Making a snide comment about the Cannes audience, which has always welcomed him warmly, was pointless and unfair. —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pointless
Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 The hideous prospect of interviewing for jobs even more pointless than this one appears before me. —Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026 Other marketing jobs on RentAHuman seem equally pointless, like a $25 street promo for a cryptography startup, or a $5 job reviewing AI generated cartoons. —Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 25 Mar. 2026 But to go so far as to dismiss the past… Making a snide comment about the Cannes audience, which has always welcomed him warmly, was pointless and unfair. —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pointless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointless
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Converting such a one-month jump to an annual rate is meaningless.— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
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Some experts said the conclusions were meaningless because the review swept under one umbrella drugs that had shown very dissimilar results and worked differently.— Ed Silverman, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
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