Sentence examples for less pointless from inspiring English sources

"Debating the merits" starts to seem less pointless than Mr Lee thinks it is.

The catastrophe that has befallen Britain's former third party is also part of a broader electoral fragmentation, which has made voting for fringe outfits less pointless.

The children of Hailsham endure short, determined, and thus "pointless" lives; but are our lives — though generally longer — less pointless or less determined?

Children will benefit from an accountability system that creates less pressure and less pointless work for their teachers but fosters innovation and collaboration.

The work's two pas de deux are less pointless, but on the same program with "Polyphonia," they provided an object lesson in the difference between perverse partnering (lots of feet touching bald heads in Mr. Bigonzetti's case) and a meaningful extension of tradition.

In The British Museum Reading Room, Louis MacNeice takes a somewhat jaundiced view of the intellectual workers of London in their mind-hive, engaging in more or less pointless activity to ward off worries about the impending war (the poem was written in July 1939).

That's $800 more in the bank, and $800 less wasted on pointless interest payments.

The idea of a substantial book about a major musical figure that pays relatively little attention to his music might seem counterintuitive — or, to put it less politely, pointless.

A price system would make those costs more transparent, and make it less likely that pointless emails get sent.

Her flat is more pleasant than his and he takes "stealthy" pleasure in it, but her life is no less empty and pointless.

"They don't say human rights are pointless — just less important".