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English Dictionary: pointless by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pointless
adj
  1. not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"
    Synonym(s): pointless, unpointed
    Antonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pointless \Point"less\, a.
      Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a
      pointless sword; a pointless remark.
  
      Syn: Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.
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