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Definition of Pointlessness
1. Noun. Total lack of meaning or ideas.
Generic synonyms: Meaninglessness
Derivative terms: Inane, Mindless, Mindless, Mindless, Mindless, Pointless, Senseless, Vacuous, Vacuous
Definition of Pointlessness
1. Noun. The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pointlessness
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Literary usage of Pointlessness
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1. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1877)
"... which seem to brood on the shabby pointlessness of man's earthly habitat; and
also his chef d'oeuvre, the same scene, but gay now, crowded humorously ..."
2. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"There follows a description of the impetus taken by industry in Germany during
the early seventies, a description not easily surpassed in pointlessness, ..."
3. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1893)
"... of the two great modes of teaching, precept and example, they should find the
pointlessness of the one more cogent than the blamelessness of the other. ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1907)
"against which are silhouetted the thin profiles of Wilde's imagination; but the
immaturity of its design, the pointlessness of its persiflage, ..."
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