pointless

inútil, sin sentido

Que no tiene una finalidad útil ni posibilidades de conseguir nada.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: 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.)

Sinónimos: useless, futile, purposeless

Antónimos: useful, worthwhile

Expresiones frecuentes: pointless exercise, pointless to argue, seem pointless

insustancial, vacío

Que no contiene ninguna idea interesante o importante.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: empty, vacuous, insubstantial

Expresiones frecuentes: pointless remark, pointless speech, pointless argument

sin punta, romo

Que tiene el extremo plano o redondeado en lugar de una punta afilada.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: blunt, blunt-ended

Antónimos: pointed

Expresiones frecuentes: pointless sword, pointless blade, pointless weapon

sin puntos

Descrito sin utilizar puntos individuales, especialmente en una teoría matemática del espacio.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: point-free

Expresiones frecuentes: pointless topology, pointless space, pointless approach