pointlessness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pointlessness (countable and uncountable, plural pointlessnesses)
- (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.
- (topology, geometry, uncountable) The quality of not mentioning points.
Translations
[edit]lack of purpose
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in geometry or topology
References
[edit]- Pointless topology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gerla, G., 1995, "Pointless Geometries" in Buekenhout, F., Kantor, W. eds., Handbook of incidence geometry: buildings and foundations. North-Holland: 1015-31.