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Recent Examples of pointless Especially in times of market uncertainty or volatility, our attention tends to be sucked into the bottomless vortex of pointless prognostication and aimless activity. Tim Maurer, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025 The Department is ripping out the Biden Administration's pointless requirements. Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025 Reading animus into an Oscar loss is generally a pointless thought exercise. Joe Reid, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025 Organizations like Shopify have eliminated up to 76,500 hours of pointless meetings through similar audits. Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes, 12 Mar. 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 3 Apr. 2025.

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