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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not having a point especially a sharp point;
- Example: "my pencils are all pointless"
[syn: pointless, unpointed]

2. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
- Example: "otiose lines in a play"
- Example: "advice is wasted words"
- Example: "a pointless remark"
- Example: "a life essentially purposeless"
- Example: "senseless violence"
[syn: otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pointless \Point"less\, a.
   Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a
   pointless sword; a pointless remark.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pointless
    adj 1: not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils
           are all pointless" [syn: pointless, unpointed] [ant:
           pointed]
    2: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
       "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a
       pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless";
       "senseless violence" [syn: otiose, pointless,
       purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted]