Sentence examples for generally pointless from inspiring English sources
This was, I thought, the inevitable fate of a bunch of generally pointless appendages.
The aggressive questioning that might be effective in New York is generally pointless for a reporter in Asia, where information flows more easily without confrontation.
It is generally pointless to judge a head coach on the number of successful players making a debut on his watch.
Many inmates were allocated tasks in the workhouse such as caring for the sick or teaching that were beyond their capabilities, but most were employed on "generally pointless" work, such as breaking stones or removing the hemp from telegraph wires.
Anything involving network president Merc Lapidus (John Pankow) and his subordinate/mistress Carol Rance Kathleen Rose Perkinss) is generally pointless and less funny than creators David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik seem to think it is, but at least those characters are more or less watchable now and not merely a catalogue of shrieky stereotypes about the blockheads who run TV.
For them, chin rests and shoulder rests are generally pointless.
It was swiftly removed – generally a pointless move given the alacrity with which social media gaffes are captured for posterity – but the transfer was confirmed via official channels hours later and the video, which Adidas subsequently tweeted, now takes pride of place on the club's website.
I generally find dedicated changing bags pretty pointless, too.
When I first heard about Dan Choi being arrested for handcuffing himself to the gates of the White House, my initial reaction was the usual pointless snark that is generally reserved for us writers and bloggers.
It is striking how pointless the laws against substance abuse generally are by the time they are introduced, how harsh the punishments quickly become, and how total is the switch to tolerance at the end.
The children of Hailsham endure short, determined, and thus "pointless" lives; but are our lives — though generally longer — less pointless or less determined?
