pointless

sinnlos, zwecklos

Ohne nützlichen Zweck oder Aussicht, etwas zu erreichen.

In einfachem Englisch: Having no useful purpose or chance of achieving anything.

• This meeting seems pointless.
• It was pointless to argue with him.
• Why are we doing these pointless tasks?

So benutzt man es: it is pointless to do something (It is pointless to complain after the event.); pointless doing something (It is pointless waiting here; the shop is closed.)

Synonyme: useless, futile, purposeless

Gegenteile: useful, worthwhile

Häufige Wendungen: pointless exercise, pointless to argue, seem pointless

inhaltsleer, belanglos

Ohne einen interessanten oder wichtigen Gedanken.

In einfachem Englisch: Lacking an interesting or important idea.

• He made another pointless remark.
• The speech was a series of pointless observations.
• Her pointless story contained no interesting details.

Synonyme: empty, vacuous, insubstantial

Häufige Wendungen: pointless remark, pointless speech, pointless argument

stumpf, spitzenlos

Mit einem flachen oder abgerundeten Ende statt einer scharfen Spitze.

In einfachem Englisch: Having a flat or rounded end instead of a sharp tip.

• The old sword was pointless.
• He held up a pointless blade with a rounded end.
• The damaged weapon was now pointless and blunt.

Synonyme: blunt, blunt-ended

Gegenteile: pointed

Häufige Wendungen: pointless sword, pointless blade, pointless weapon

punktlos, punktfrei

Ohne einzelne Punkte beschrieben, besonders in einer mathematischen Theorie des Raumes.

In einfachem Englisch: Described without using individual points, especially in a mathematical theory of space.

• The course includes pointless topology.
• This pointless approach studies space through its open sets.
• They compared ordinary spaces with pointless spaces.

Synonyme: point-free

Häufige Wendungen: pointless topology, pointless space, pointless approach