Meaning & use
Pointless
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Having no purpose, meaning, or worthwhile result; futile.
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Arguing with him about it felt completely pointless.
It seemed pointless to keep watering a plant that had clearly died weeks ago.
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Pointless combines "point," in its figurative sense of "purpose," with the suffix "-less," meaning "without."
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