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Adjective pointless has 3 senses
- pointless, unpointed - not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"
Antonyms: pointed, acanthoid, acanthous, spinous, acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike, barreled, barrelled, fusiform, spindle-shaped, cigar-shaped, nibbed, peaked, sharpened, spiked, tapering, tapered, pyramidal, pyramidic, pyramidical, spikelike, acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped, acuminate, apiculate, ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike, hastate, spearhead-shaped, lanceolate, lancelike, sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped
- otiose, pointless, superfluous, wasted - serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"
Antonym: valuable (indirect, via worthless)
- pointless, purposeless, senseless - lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
Antonym: meaningful (indirect, via meaningless)
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