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    pointless
    point‧less /ˈpɔɪntləs/ adjective
     Word Family: noun: point, pointer, pointlessness; adjective: pointed, pointy, pointless; adverb: pointlessly, pointedly; verb: point
    worthless or not likely to have any useful result:
        Life just seemed pointless to me.
        a pointless quarrel
        it is pointless doing something
        It’s pointless telling her to clean her room – she’ll never do it.
        it is pointless to do something
        I think it would be pointless to discuss this issue again.
    —pointlessly adverb
    —pointlessness noun [uncountable]
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ pointless not likely to have a useful result: She knew it would be pointless to argue with him. | The meeting was a pointless exercise.
       ▪ futile completely pointless because there is no chance at all of being successful: She shut the door in a futile attempt to keep the smell out. | Their efforts proved futile (=did not have any success).
       ▪ useless not useful or effective in any way: I knew it was useless to try to explain to him what had happened. | The map we had been given was useless.
       ▪ hopeless having no hope of being successful or effective: It was a hopeless task. | He was jumping up and down in a hopeless attempt to keep warm.
       ▪ be a waste of time/money/effort to be not worth the time, money etc that you use because you do not achieve anything: The whole process was a complete waste of time. | The scheme was a waste of money.