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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POINT'LESS, a. Having no point; blunt; obtuse; as a pointless sword.
1. Having no smartness or keenness.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1582 1. devoid of meaning ; senseless <a pointless remark> 2. devoid of effectiveness ; flat <pointless attempts to be funny> • pointlessly adverb • pointlessness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 without a point. 2 lacking force, purpose, or meaning. 3 (in games) without a point scored. Derivatives: pointlessly adv. pointlessness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pointless Point"less, a. Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark. Syn: Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that something is pointless, you are criticizing it because it has no sense or purpose. Violence is always pointless... ...pointless arguments. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ [disapproval] • pointlessly Chemicals were pointlessly poisoning the soil. ADV: usu ADV with v • pointlessness You cannot help wondering about the pointlessness of it all.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Blunt, obtuse. 2. Dull, stupid, vapid, aimless, vague, flat.

Moby Thesaurus

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