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pointlessness

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Etymology

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From pointless +‎ -ness.

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Noun

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pointlessness (countable and uncountable, plural pointlessnesses)

  1. (countable) The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless.
    The pointlessness of the discussion only compounded her boredom.
    • 2007 August 4, Allan Kozinn, “The Generation of ’38, Still Kicking”, in The New York Times[1]:
      But with unstructured improvisation, the risk that directionlessness will give way to pointlessness is high.
  2. (topology, geometry, uncountable) The quality of not mentioning points.

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