pointless
adjective
without a point.
pointlessly
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a word derived from
pointless.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Hosoda can hardly be blamed for failing to answer these questions, but he can be blamed for pointlessly bringing them up in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Walker argued that as rescue workers were en route, “this doctor who helps people create life” burned time by pointlessly searching for his pulse oximeter rather than trying to save his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
Although this distinction may seem pointlessly grotesque, it may have implications for understanding how natural disasters affect human lives, Dellino says.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023
In the years since, the agency has scrapped some of these requirements, finding them to be pointlessly burdensome.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2023
All they want to do—all they’re capable of doing now—is pointlessly comforting what I now realize is their dead son.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
