She considers it pointless, counterproductive even, to answer the Russian's provocations with passive reserve.
There are times when I am forced to sit with them, and on such occasions I simply ignore their petty criticisms, not because I am particularly shy but because I consider it pointless.
However, 27% (n = 223) of caregivers working in adult ICUs considered that family participation is or could be very useful or essential to the patient's well-being, whereas only 9% (n = 75) considered it to be pointless.
Children were allowed to visit in 95% of ICUs, with or without restrictions; 70% (n = 636) of respondents considered that visits from children were very useful or essential to patients' well-being, and only 4% (n = 39) considered it to be pointless.
Most Westerners, unschooled in its pleasures, consider it a pointless delicacy.
"You loved it," he writes of the game, "because you considered it an art: an apparently pointless affair, undertaken by people with a special aptitude, which sidestepped attempts to paraphrase its value yet somehow seemed to communicate something true or even crucial about the Human Condition.
She was also immensely grateful to Steptoe for continuing to consider it, even when every option seemed pointless.
Severely disordered patients were assumed to have low level of insight, and in most cases it was considered pointless to try voluntary mental health care.
The IPCC has inherited the flaws of its predecessor and the complaints systems are considered a pointless paper exercise, which further undermines public confidence.
A big factor in my decision to quit teaching was the growing need to work 50+ hours a week to complete paperwork tasks that I considered completely pointless.
