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pointless

 adjective
     
point‧less
worthless or not likely to have any useful result:
Life just seemed pointless to me.
a pointless quarrel
it is pointless doing something
It's pointless telling her to clean her room - she'll never do it.
it is pointless to do something
I think it would be pointless to discuss this issue again.
—pointlessly adverb
—pointlessness noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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