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Pointless Common

Pointless has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

not having a point especially a sharp point

"my pencils are all pointless"

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"

3

having no points scores

"a scoreless inning"

4

Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end.

"The carpenter accidentally sanded off the sharp points of all the dowels before assembling them."

Example Sentences
"my pencils are all pointless" adjective
"otiose lines in a play" adjective
"advice is wasted words" adjective
"a pointless remark" adjective
"a life essentially purposeless" adjective
"senseless violence" adjective
"a scoreless inning" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
pointed
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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