Sentence examples for pointlessly from inspiring English sources

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pointlessly

adverb

Without point; in a pointless manner; so as to lack purpose or importance.

  • He sat there, pointlessly tossing the ball into the air and letting it fall, over and over.

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She spoke later of our three-year stint together (pointlessly, to both our minds, ended by regime change) as having revived her both professionally and personally.

At no point during those five hours did I have to change a nappy, or clomp around a hallway in my pants pointlessly humming lullaby fragments into a tiny black hole of noise and fury.

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Kara DioGuardi, the pointlessly anonymous songwriter who was unnecessarily drafted in as a spare part back in 2008, has left the judging panel.

Some kits are so pointlessly expensive that it'd be more cost-effective for you to stitch your own footwear from fairydust and unicorn pubes.

In my view, that moment is unnecessary and pointlessly upsetting.

As dead-air friendlies go it is hard to imagine a more pointlessly provocative choice of fixture, an occasion that basically boils down to a game of chicken with the more unpredictable elements of the away support.

An individual's actions might seem pointlessly small, but they brought priceless self-respect.

And they are often strung out pointlessly: 90 hours of community service, for example, to be carried out over two years.Meanwhile, tightening and policing these sentences takes money; so would giving more support to prisoners leaving custody and specialised treatment outside prison for vulnerable offenders.

Mr Brooks acknowledges that earlier generations pointlessly abstained from certain pleasures and cruelly disregarded the rights of women, non-whites and sexual minorities.

Brazilian businesses are often unregistered, partly to avoid tax but also because much of the paperwork is pointlessly burdensome.

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