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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pointless
    adj 1: not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils
           are all pointless" [syn: pointless, unpointed] [ant:
           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" [syn: otiose, pointless,
       purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pointless \Point"less\, a.
   Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a
   pointless sword; a pointless remark.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for pointless:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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