Sentence examples for pointless tasks from inspiring English sources

Drummond's art is an endless round of self-appointed, and sometimes seemingly pointless, tasks.

One should not be surprised by the seemingly pointless tasks that the Russian spies were set, another commentator writes.

Like Meryl versus Cheryl, where Melvin in a Meryl Streep wig competes with Cheryl in a series of pointless tasks.

But it is also easy to see how offensive it is to perform boring, menial, or simply pointless tasks for major retailers without being paid.

It was a precursor of reality television in giving ordinary people a chance to become famous for eccentric, often pointless, tasks.

This season's opener found her happily ensconced there -- or as happily as an 18-year-old can be -- sketching nude models, learning to draw perfect circles and complaining about being "forced to perform pointless tasks like a lab rat".

"It is the most pointless task I can imagine," he says.

"Comparing one university to another is a fairly thankless and pointless task," she says.

I left my son at school and started the reflexive, self-soothing, and pointless task of parking a car.

Yet this simply isn't how society views women who decide that the war on bodily hair is a completely pointless task.

Say: "I wonder if you have any tips on how I can do this task more efficiently?" not "I have to spend HOURS doing this totally pointless task and it's ruining my life".