Pointless - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

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The allegations are patently absurd

noun

An absurd state of affairs.

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The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd

adjective

Stupid and unreasonable, or silly in a humorous way

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What an absurd thing to say!, don't be so absurd! of course i want you to come., it's an absurd sit…

adjective

Without purpose or direction.

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An aimless existence

adjective

Without having any clear purpose or specific reason

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Aimless violence

adjective

Without any clear intentions, purpose, or direction

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She said that her life seemed aimless after her children left home.

adjective

Failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive or useless.

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His fruitless attempts to publish poetry

adjective

Unsuccessful or not productive

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After months of fruitless negotiations with team owners, the city withdrew its offer to build a new…

adjective

If an action or attempt to do something is fruitless, it is unsuccessful or produces nothing of value

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All diplomatic attempts at a peaceful solution to the crisis have been fruitless.

adjective

Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.

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A futile attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage

adjective

Achieving no result; not effective or successful

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The plane detoured north in a futile attempt to avoid the bad weather., a sense of futility and pow…

adjective

(of actions) having no effect or achieving nothing

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Attempts to get supplies to the region are futile because troops will not allow the aid convoy to e…

adjective

Feeling or causing despair.

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Jess looked at him in mute hopeless appeal

adjective

Without hope

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We tried to save the building, but it was a hopeless task (= it could not succeed).

adjective

Completely without skill at a particular activity

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Hopeless at i'm hopeless at sports., he's a hopeless cook.

adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

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Idle students

verb

Spend time doing nothing.

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Four men were idling outside the shop

adjective

Not working, not active, or doing nothing

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Idle factories, the machines are standing idle because there are no spare parts., idle speculation,…

adjective

In a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behaviour, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.

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He had gone insane

adjective

Extremely unreasonable, or mentally ill

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You’d have to be insane to spend $200 on dinner!, fisher went insane and had to be hospitalized.

adjective

Very annoyed, angry, upset, or excited, often so that you cannot think or behave normally

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Go insane i'll go insane if i have to stay here any longer., she came onstage and the crowd went in…

adjective

(of something undesirable) not necessary because avoidable.

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I deplore needless waste

adjective

Completely unnecessary

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A needless waste of time, you’re worrying needlessly – they’ll be fine.

adjective

Having no meaning; making no sense.

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A nonsensical argument

adjective

Done or made with no discernible point or purpose.

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Purposeless vandalism

adjective

(of a person) unconscious.

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The attack left a policeman beaten senseless

adjective

Lacking purpose or meaning

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A senseless prank, it was senseless to treat me like that., they beat him senseless.

noun

An intention or aim; a reason for doing something or for allowing something to happen

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[ c ] for budgeting purposes, you really have to start estimating costs now., [ c ] the delay reall…

noun

The reason for doing something or the reason that something exists

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Sb's purpose in doing sth my purpose in calling this meeting was to remind everyone of some basic r…

adjective

Achieving little or nothing; ineffective.

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Their efforts were unavailing

adjective

When an attempt to do something is unavailing, it is unsuccessful or has no positive effect

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Diplomatic efforts at peace-making have so far proved unavailing.

adjective

Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.

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Unproductive land must be reforested

adjective

Not useful, or not creating anything

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We wasted three days in unproductive discussions.

adjective

Not producing goods, crops, profits, etc. in a satisfactory amount

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Unproductive investments/jobs/projects, grass planted on currently unproductive land could form a u…

adjective

(of a business or activity) not yielding profit or financial gain.

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The mines became increasingly unprofitable

adjective

Not resulting in profit

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Unprofitable investments/businesses

adjective

Not making a profit

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An unprofitable business/company/store when the asian financial crisis hit, it shut 32 unprofitable…

adjective

Not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome.

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A piece of useless knowledge

adjective

Of no value; worthless

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With dead batteries, the flashlight was useless.

adjective

Having no value; worthless.

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Cherished but valueless heirlooms

adjective

Not worth any money

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We thought the chair was an antique worth a lot of money, but it turned out to be a valueless repli…

adjective

Used or expended carelessly or to no purpose.

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Wasted fuel

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

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We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

Wasted time, money, etc. is time, money, etc. that is not used effectively because it does not produce the result you wanted

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He wasn't in when i got there, so it was a completely wasted journey., underneath the hospital blan…

adjective

Having no real value or use.

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That promise is worthless

adjective

Having no value in money

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Now that the company has gone bankrupt, your contract is worthless., examples of this artist’s earl…

adjective

Having no value

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The stock is virtually worthless, trading at less than 6 cents a share., the security system he bou…