pointlessness
11pointless — [[t]pɔ͟ɪntləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ (disapproval) If you say that something is pointless, you are criticizing it because it has no sense or purpose. Violence is always pointless... Without an audience the performance is pointless.… …
12inanity — noun total lack of meaning or ideas • Syn: ↑senselessness, ↑mindlessness, ↑vacuity, ↑pointlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑pointless (for: ↑pointlessness), ↑ …
13mindlessness — noun 1. the trait of acting rashly and without prudence • Syn: ↑heedlessness, ↑rashness • Derivationally related forms: ↑rash (for: ↑rashness), ↑mindless, ↑heedless …
14senselessness — noun total lack of meaning or ideas • Syn: ↑inanity, ↑mindlessness, ↑vacuity, ↑pointlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑pointless (for: ↑pointlessness), ↑ …
15vacuity — noun 1. the absence of matter • Syn: ↑vacuum • Hypernyms: ↑emptiness 2. a region that is devoid of matter • Syn: ↑vacuum • Hypernyms: ↑region …
16pointless — adjective Date: 1582 1. devoid of meaning ; senseless < a pointless remark > 2. devoid of effectiveness ; flat < pointless attempts to be funny > • pointlessly adverb • pointlessness …
17shaggy-dog — adjective Date: 1946 of, relating to, or being a long drawn out circumstantial story concerning an inconsequential happening that impresses the teller as humorous or interesting but the hearer as boring and pointless; also of, relating to, or… …
18E. E. Smith — For other people named Edward Smith, see Edward Smith (disambiguation). This article is about the author. For the Lt. Governor of Minnesota, see Edward Everett Smith. Edward Elmer Smith Born Edward Elmer Smith May 2, 1890(1890 05 02) Sheboygan,… …
19Nihilism — This article is about the philosophical doctrines. For other uses, see Nihilism (disambiguation). Certainty series Agnosticism Belief Certainty Doubt Determini …
20Giacomo Leopardi — Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Born June 29, 1798(1798 06 29) Recanat …
