Amidst the chaos, he instantly realized the pointlessness of it all.
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Pointlessness
Synonyms for "pointlessness" (79 found)
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6 translations across 5 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- sensenceco noun (lack of purpose)
Latvian
2 entries- bezjēdzība noun (lack of purpose)
- bezjēdzīgums noun (lack of purpose)
Polish
1 entries- bezcelowość noun (lack of purpose)
Russian
1 entries- бессмы́сленность noun (lack of purpose)
Spanish
1 entries- despropósito noun (lack of purpose)
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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.
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