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Recent Examples of pointless Reasons To Turn Off Your Ice Maker Does turning off your ice maker for vacation sound like a pointless task? Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2025 All the thoughts and feelings are ultimately pointless or nonsense. Big Think, 12 Apr. 2025 Most movies go nuts with exposition, because most scripts in development these days get studio or producer notes requiring pointless reiterations of plot points. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025 That kind of culture happens when challenging the way things have always been done feels risky, or pointless, or just not worth the effort. Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pointless

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“Pointless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointless. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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