pointless

Having no useful purpose or chance of achieving anything.

• This meeting seems pointless.
• It was pointless to argue with him.
• Why are we doing these pointless tasks?

How to use it: it is pointless to do something (It is pointless to complain after the event.); pointless doing something (It is pointless waiting here; the shop is closed.)

Similar words: useless, futile, purposeless

Opposites: useful, worthwhile

Common phrases: pointless exercise, pointless to argue, seem pointless

Lacking an interesting or important idea.

• He made another pointless remark.
• The speech was a series of pointless observations.
• Her pointless story contained no interesting details.

Similar words: empty, vacuous, insubstantial

Common phrases: pointless remark, pointless speech, pointless argument

Having a flat or rounded end instead of a sharp tip.

• The old sword was pointless.
• He held up a pointless blade with a rounded end.
• The damaged weapon was now pointless and blunt.

Similar words: blunt, blunt-ended

Opposites: pointed

Common phrases: pointless sword, pointless blade, pointless weapon

Described without using individual points, especially in a mathematical theory of space.

• The course includes pointless topology.
• This pointless approach studies space through its open sets.
• They compared ordinary spaces with pointless spaces.

Similar words: point-free

Common phrases: pointless topology, pointless space, pointless approach