'Pointless' definitions:
Definition of 'pointless'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless" [syn: pointless, unpointed] [ant: pointed]
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Pointless'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'pointless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- absurd,
- aimless,
- arid,
- asinine,
- barren,
- blah,
- blank,
- bloodless,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- blunt-edged,
- blunt-ended,
- blunt-pointed,
- blunted,
- bluntish,
- bootless,
- characterless,
- cold,
- colorless,
- dead,
- dismal,
- draggy,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dull-edged,
- dull-pointed,
- dulled,
- dullish,
- dusty,
- edgeless,
- effete,
- elephantine,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- fade,
- faired,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- flat,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- impotent,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inexcitable,
- insignificant,
- insipid,
- jejune,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- low-spirited,
- meaningless,
- no go,
- nonsensical,
- obtuse,
- of no use,
- pale,
- pallid,
- pedestrian,
- plodding,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- preposterous,
- purportless,
- purposeless,
- ridiculous,
- rounded,
- senseless,
- silly,
- slow,
- smoothed,
- solemn,
- spiritless,
- sterile,
- stiff,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- stupid,
- superficial,
- superfluous,
- tasteless,
- tedious,
- unavailing,
- unedged,
- unlively,
- unmeaning,
- unpointed,
- unproductive,
- unsharp,
- unsharpened,
- useless,
- vain,
- vapid,
- wooden,
- worthless