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pointlessness

noun

Etymology

From pointless + -ness.

  1. inherited from pointles
  2. formed as pointlessness — “pointless + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas

    The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless.

    • Near-synonyms: purposelessness, meaninglessness, uselessness
    • The pointlessness of the discussion only compounded her boredom.
    • But with unstructured improvisation, the risk that directionlessness will give way to pointlessness is high.

  2. The quality of not mentioning points.

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Derived

PowerPointlessness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pointlessness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA