pointless

無意味な、無駄な

役立つ目的がない、または何も達成できる見込みがない。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： 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.)

類義語： useless, futile, purposeless

反対語： useful, worthwhile

よく使う表現： pointless exercise, pointless to argue, seem pointless

中身のない、内容の乏しい

興味深い考えや重要な内容がない。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： empty, vacuous, insubstantial

よく使う表現： pointless remark, pointless speech, pointless argument

先のとがっていない

先端がとがっておらず、平らか丸くなっている。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： blunt, blunt-ended

反対語： pointed

よく使う表現： pointless sword, pointless blade, pointless weapon

点のない

特に空間の数学的理論で、個々の点を使わずに記述される。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： point-free

よく使う表現： pointless topology, pointless space, pointless approach