Sentence examples for not pointlessly from inspiring English sources

(DJN VIII.3.9) In their hands, moreover, it is more future- than past-oriented, with the latter being important only for the sake of the former: that is, one should not pointlessly impose evil on someone, even if guilty, if the deed cannot be undone or the damage repaired, for he remains after all our conspecific or fellow human being (cognato).

He's an aggressive advocate, but he's not pointlessly hostile; unlike so many coldly professional flacks these days, he seems to genuinely like reporters," says The Atlantic's Molly Ball, one of Gidley's journalist fans.

Do not pointlessly sacrifice yourself, it is completely worthless to your team if you are hurt pointlessly, but if you get hurt saving a goal, more power to you.

I can mark selectively too; I don't need to be told that if I don't pointlessly tick every piece of work, I'm letting my pupils down.

While he hit all of this week's generic obsessions, he didn't pointlessly dwell on any of them.

The members would look not at pointlessly large total spending and tax numbers, but specific types of spending on specific programs.

What Mr. Maazel asked for, the orchestra supplied, sometimes for the best (the transparency of the opening, for example, and the graceful rendering of the second movement), and sometimes not (the pointlessly sharp, swaggering accents in the third movement, during which Mr. Maazel offered some hula-like hip-wiggling).

I still find it unsettling to find such a star in such a very northern Irish cop drama, like seeing Ban Ki-Moon trying on trainers in Sports Direct or, um, watching George Clooney pop up on ER, but there's little doubt that, when she's not running pointlessly or looking gormlessly bloodied, her acting in close-ups lends this series even more of its deserved heft.

It is not about pointlessly abusing people and using foul language.

Iconoclasts are great avatars for disruptive technology, as long as they aren't as pointlessly and brashly disruptive as, say, Richard Branson.

Don't bother pointlessly emphasising that you are setting up an office here.