Associations to the word «Pointless»

Wiktionary

POINTLESS, adjective. Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end.
POINTLESS, adjective. Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.
POINTLESS, adjective. Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
POINTLESS, adjective. (mathematics) Without points.

Dictionary definition

POINTLESS, adjective. Not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless".
POINTLESS, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats