Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pointlessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: point-less-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless.

Countable

noun

The quality of not mentioning points.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: purposelessness, meaninglessness, uselessness"
"The pointlessness of the discussion only compounded her boredom."
"But with unstructured improvisation, the risk that directionlessness will give way to pointlessness is high."
"Few political careers start when people are in their 70s, but Hendy is actually relishing it, although he is incensed sometimes by the pointlessness of the posturing by the opposition, which keeps him up late. "The bit I don't like is getting home at 0100 or 0200 in the morning because the opposition have been fruitlessly arguing for a long time.""

Etymology

Etymology tree English pointless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pointlessness From pointless + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pointlessnesses (plural)

Derived Forms

PowerPointlessness

Frequently Paired Words

astigmatism

Synonyms

purposelessness meaninglessness uselessness inanity senselessness mindlessness vacuity

Questions

What does pointlessness mean?: The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless.
Where does pointlessness come from?: Etymology tree English pointless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pointlessness From pointless + -ness.

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