pointless in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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pointless in the PONS Dictionary

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oiseux (-euse)
pointless
futile choses, occupation
pointless
il était futile de faire ça
it was pointless to do that
inutile effort, mesure
pointless
il est/n'est pas inutile de faire qc/que qn fasse qc (subj)
it's pointless/worthwhile doing sth/for sb to do sth

pointless Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it's pointless
ça n'a pas de sens
it's pointless to go now
ça ne sert à rien d'y aller maintenant
it's pointless/worthwhile doing sth/for sb to do sth
il est/n'est pas inutile de faire qc/que qn fasse qc (subj)
it was pointless to do that
il était futile de faire ça
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It would have been pointless, therefore, to order a filing of pleadings.
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The club dismisses this stunt as pointless and unnecessarily risky, however.
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After reconnoitering the defenses at various points, he determined that an attack was pointless.
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Despite this following, the lack of argument naming gives point-free style a reputation of being unnecessarily obscure, hence the epithet pointless style.
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There are idlers who are proud to call themselves idle, and there are idlers who disguise their idleness with pointless bustling.
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That would be a pointless exercise for me.
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The growers subsequently told the press that meeting with the union was pointless, since the growers were already losing money.
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Everything that we have, everything that we live in is pointless and crumbling.
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He later realizes that his existence was completely pointless and without an aim.
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In this case, chopping would occur so frequently that it would be pointless.
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