English

Etymology
From point + -less

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-pointless.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
pointless (comparative: more pointless; superlative: most pointless)

1. Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; having no purpose.

#: a pointless remark
#: The sequel to the film was even more pointless than the original

1. not sharp; lacking keenness

#: a pointless sword

Translations
trans-top|Having no purpose
Arabic: بد�� جد��
trans-mid
Finnish: turha
trans-bottom

trans-top|not sharp; lacking keenness
trans-mid
Finnish: tylsä
trans-bottom

Synonyms
blunt, obtuse, dull, stupid

fr:pointless
io:pointless
ku:pointless
ta:pointless
te:pointless
vi:pointless
zh:pointless

• 2007-11-19 19:55 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/204.81.226.152|204.81.226.152]] ([[User_talk:204.81.226.152|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Interwicket|Interwicket]]

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