English-Thai Dictionary

pointless

ADJ ไร้จุดหมาย  aimless purposeless undirected purposeful rai-jud-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POINTLESS

a.Having no point; blunt; obtuse; as a pointless sword. 1. Having no smartness or keenness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POINTLESS

POINTLESS Point "less, a.

 

Defn: Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.

 

Syn. -- Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.

 

POINTLESSLY

POINTLESSLY Point "less *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Without point.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pointless

point less |ˈpointlis ˈpɔɪntlɪs | ▶adjective 1 having little or no sense, use, or purpose: speculating like this is a pointless exercise | [ with infinitive ] : it's pointless to plan too far ahead. 2 (of a contest or competitor ) without a point scored. DERIVATIVES point less ly adverb, point less ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

pointless

point |less |ˈpɔɪntlɪs | ▶adjective having little or no sense, use, or purpose: speculating like this is a pointless exercise | [ with infinitive ] : it's pointless to plan too far ahead. DERIVATIVES pointlessly adverb, pointlessness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pointless

pointless adjective our attempts to help Ryan were pointless: senseless, futile, hopeless, fruitless, useless, needless, in vain, unavailing, aimless, idle, worthless, valueless; absurd, insane, stupid, silly, foolish. ANTONYMS valuable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pointless

pointless adjective senseless, futile, hopeless, fruitless, useless, needless, wasted, in vain, unavailing, aimless, idle, to no purpose, purposeless, worthless, valueless, unproductive, unprofitable; absurd, insane, nonsensical, stupid, silly, irrelevant, footling, fatuous, foolish, hollow, inane, ridiculous. ANTONYMS useful, valuable. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD pointless, futile, fruitless, vain See futile . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pointless

p ó int less 形容詞 1 先端のない, 鈍い .2 むだな, 無意味な (senseless ); 〖it is ～ (for A ) to do /(A's [｟くだけて ｠A ]) doing 〗(A 〈人 〉が )…するのはむだである .3 要領を得ない ; 不適切な .4 〈ゲームが 〉無得点の .～ly 副詞 無意味に .～ness 名詞 U 無意味さ .