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pointlessness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pointlessness has 1 sense
- pointlessness(n = noun.attribute) inanity, mindlessness, senselessness, vacuity - total lack of meaning or ideas; Array is a kind of meaninglessness
Derived form adjective pointless2
THESAURUS
pointlessness
absurdity, aimlessness, aridity, barrenness, bloodlessness, bootlessness, characterlessness, colorlessness, deadness, dismalness, dragginess, dreariness, dryness, dullness, dustiness, effeteness, emptiness, etiolation, fatuity, fecklessness, flatness, fruitlessness, futility, heaviness, hollowness, impotence, inanity, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, inefficacy, inexcitability, insipidity, insipidness, jejunity, leadenness, lifelessness, lowness of spirit, meaninglessness, nugacity, otiosity, paleness, pallor, pokiness, ponderousness, profitlessness, purposelessness, rat race, slowness, solemnity, spiritlessness, sterility, stiffness, stodginess, stuffiness, superficiality, tastelessness, tediousness, the absurd, triviality, uninterestingness, unliveliness, unproductiveness, unprofitability, unprofitableness, valuelessness, vanity, vapidity, vapidness, vicious circle, woodenness, worthlessness
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