Wondering how to use Pointless in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as meaningless or senseless.
Pointless meaning
- Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end.
- Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.
- Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
Synonyms of Pointless
Using Pointless
- The main meaning on this page is: Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end. | Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc. | Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
- Useful related words include: unpointed, meaningless, senseless, purposeless.
- In the example corpus, pointless often appears in combinations such as: is pointless, pointless to, pointless and.
Context around Pointless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pointless
- In this selection, "pointless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, held, longest, mostly, thing, streak and mask stand out and add context to how "pointless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after going pointless in the and animosity is pointless and direct. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pointless" sits close to words such as alterations, assortment and bushes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pointless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As such, it feels both pointless and lifeless. (8 words)
After just one appearance, looking for trends is mostly pointless. (10 words)
European proposals for an international peace summit are just pointless navel-gazing, diplomats say. (14 words)
Four in ten office workers (39%) feel that work meetings should be kept to 30 minutes or less in length – although it takes just 10-and-a-half minutes for the average employee to “zone out” of a “pointless” meeting, a study has found. (44 words)
However, unlike the previous arc, the fight between Gojo and Sukuna isn't bogged down by endless rules or pointless infographics — it's a quick-moving clash that occasionally subverts expectations by introducing new ways of using pre-existing abilities. (40 words)
I started to slack off at my job, handing out assignments rather than lecturing, as it seemed slightly pointless to exert myself if my career was already long over and all of my achievements (though few) have been long forgotten. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
It was a pointless thing to say, it’s pointless to go batshit about it.
Some flash to the eye turned to lack of substance, on the scoresheet anyway, and Aube-Kubel was held pointless through all ten of his playoff games played—his longest pointless streak of the season by twofold.
After Becerra kept refusing to answer, Kiley asked why the feds’ required organizations to enforce the pointless mask mandates.
After going pointless in the last three races, Gasly will go home with a trophy.
After just one appearance, looking for trends is mostly pointless.
And another user called Michelle added: 'It’s pointless if the hour was a time you don’t use much anyway I had everything off and got a massive 0.41p.
And guess what, the Cowboys convert on 3rd and 6, and Reddick’s sack on 1st down becomes pointless.
And it’d be nice to have a song like Pointless that gets played at weddings.
As such, it feels both pointless and lifeless.
Before long, the protagonist starts to feel the pressure as they try to please everyone, which is naturally a pointless endeavor.
But it’s the addition of these ‘pointless’ subplots that elevates beyond its competitors to create something wholly unique and wholly remarkable.
Drea and Eleanor eventually realize that their animosity is pointless and direct their energy to a more important target: the misogynistic Max.
European proposals for an international peace summit are just pointless navel-gazing, diplomats say.
Federal law requires several conditions to be met before airline unions can legally strike, including a finding by mediators that further negotiations would be pointless.
Four in ten office workers (39%) feel that work meetings should be kept to 30 minutes or less in length – although it takes just 10-and-a-half minutes for the average employee to “zone out” of a “pointless” meeting, a study has found.
Going to the well another time would feel even more rushed and pointless, so it is something has to steer clear of.
However, even if he doesn’t make a comeback in the current continuity, fans can still find solace in the fact that his movies weren’t pointless, as officially made Cooler canon.
However, unlike the previous arc, the fight between Gojo and Sukuna isn't bogged down by endless rules or pointless infographics — it's a quick-moving clash that occasionally subverts expectations by introducing new ways of using pre-existing abilities.
I am much more familiar with the penal code than average, and knew the “laws” they were citing were simply things cops say to get out of work, but it’s pointless to argue there.
I started to slack off at my job, handing out assignments rather than lecturing, as it seemed slightly pointless to exert myself if my career was already long over and all of my achievements (though few) have been long forgotten.
Common combinations with pointless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is pointless 28×
- pointless to 13×
- pointless and 13×
- and pointless 12×
- be pointless 10×
- was pointless 8×
- it pointless 7×
- of pointless 6×
- it's pointless 5×
- becomes pointless 4×