pointless

inutile, senza senso

Che non ha uno scopo utile o alcuna possibilità di ottenere un risultato.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: 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.)

Sinonimi: useless, futile, purposeless

Contrari: useful, worthwhile

Espressioni comuni: pointless exercise, pointless to argue, seem pointless

vuoto, insignificante

Che non contiene idee interessanti o importanti.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: empty, vacuous, insubstantial

Espressioni comuni: pointless remark, pointless speech, pointless argument

senza punta, spuntato

Che ha un’estremità piatta o arrotondata invece di una punta affilata.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: blunt, blunt-ended

Contrari: pointed

Espressioni comuni: pointless sword, pointless blade, pointless weapon

senza punti

Descritto senza usare singoli punti, soprattutto in una teoria matematica dello spazio.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: point-free

Espressioni comuni: pointless topology, pointless space, pointless approach