Synonyms for Pointlessness

Synonyms for "pointlessness" (83 found)

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Closest matches (17)

absurdity aimlessness aridity barrenness bloodlessness bootlessness characterlessness colorlessness deadness dismalness dragginess dreariness dryness dullness dustiness effeteness emptiness

Strong matches (25)

Noun(4 words)

emptiness futility inanity irrelevance

etiolation fatuity fecklessness flatness fruitlessness futility heaviness hollowness impotence inanity ineffectiveness ineffectuality inefficacy inexcitability insipidity insipidness jejunity leadenness lifelessnesslowness of spirit

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madness

Related words (41)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries

content qualitycontextual qualitymeaninglessness quality relevance state substance

More specific

8 entries

empty claimsempty rhetoricfutile effortineffectivenessinsubstantial claimoverinclusion redundancy tangentiality

Collocations

5 entries

apparent pointlessnessextreme pointlessnessobvious pointlessnesssheer pointlessnessutter pointlessness

Inflections

1 entries

pointlessnesses

Derivations

1 entries

pointless

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Amidst the chaos, he instantly realized the pointlessness of it all.

Source: tatoeba (6907461)

Near-synonyms: purposelessness, meaninglessness, uselessness

Source: wiktionary

The pointlessness of the discussion only compounded her boredom.

Source: wiktionary

But with unstructured improvisation, the risk that directionlessness will give way to pointlessness is high.

Source: wiktionary

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Pointlessness