pointless

inutile, vain

Qui n’a aucun but utile ou aucune chance d’aboutir à un résultat.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : useless, futile, purposeless

Contraires : useful, worthwhile

Expressions courantes : pointless exercise, pointless to argue, seem pointless

creux, insignifiant

Qui ne contient aucune idée intéressante ou importante.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : empty, vacuous, insubstantial

Expressions courantes : pointless remark, pointless speech, pointless argument

sans pointe, émoussé

Dont l’extrémité est plate ou arrondie plutôt que pointue.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : blunt, blunt-ended

Contraires : pointed

Expressions courantes : pointless sword, pointless blade, pointless weapon

sans points

Décrit sans recourir à des points individuels, notamment dans une théorie mathématique de l’espace.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : point-free

Expressions courantes : pointless topology, pointless space, pointless approach