Pointless

//ˈpɔɪntləs//

Synonyms for "pointless" (159 found)

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

derived

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derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

9 entries

similar

4 entries

Translations

63 translations across 24 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μάταιος adj (having no purpose)

Arabic

1 entries
  • بدون جدوى adj (having no purpose)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անիմաստ adj (having no purpose)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бессэнсо́ўны adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • бессэнсо́ўны adj (having no purpose)
  • бязглу́зды adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • бязглу́зды adj (having no purpose)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • безсми́слен adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • безсми́слен adj (having no purpose)
  • тъп adj (having no point or sharp tip)

Dutch

1 entries
  • zinloos adj (having no purpose)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • арам adj (having no purpose)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • senkiala adj (having no purpose)
  • sensenca adj (having no purpose)

Finnish

2 entries
  • turha adj (having no purpose)
  • tylsä adj (having no point or sharp tip)

French

3 entries
  • inutile adj (having no purpose)
  • obtus adj (having no point or sharp tip)
  • vain adj (having no purpose)

German

4 entries
  • gegenstandslos adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • irrelevant adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • sinnlos adj (having no purpose)
  • stumpf adj (having no point or sharp tip)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 adj (having no purpose)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • turha adj (having no purpose)

Irish

1 entries
  • fánach adj (having no purpose)

Latin

1 entries
  • vānus adj (having no purpose)

Latvian

2 entries
  • bezjēdzīgs adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • bezjēdzīgs adj (having no purpose)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • bereikšmis adj (having no prominent or important feature)

Māori

4 entries
  • huhuakore adj (having no purpose)
  • kikokore adj (having no purpose)
  • makihoi adj (having no purpose)
  • maumau adj (having no purpose)

Polish

3 entries
  • bez sensu adj (having no purpose)
  • bezcelowy adj (having no purpose)
  • bezsensowny adj (having no purpose)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • desapontado adj (having no point or sharp tip)
  • inútil adj (having no purpose)
  • sem ponta adj (having no point or sharp tip)

Russian

2 entries
  • бессмы́сленный adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • бессмы́сленный adj (having no purpose)

Spanish

4 entries
  • chato adj (having no point or sharp tip)
  • despropositado adj (having no purpose)
  • fútil adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • innecesario adj (having no purpose)

Swedish

4 entries
  • meningslös adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • meningslös adj (having no purpose)
  • poänglös adj (having no purpose)
  • trubbig adj (having no point or sharp tip)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • безглу́здий adj (having no prominent or important feature)
  • безглу́здий adj (having no purpose)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Life without love is just totally pointless.

Source: tatoeba (1609)

Don't bother your parents with such a pointless thing.

Source: tatoeba (41561)

It's pointless arguing with him.

Source: tatoeba (284459)

I was disgusted with his pointless talk.

Source: tatoeba (287758)

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