Synonyms for pointlessness
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Noun
1. Inanity — the lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless
inanity, uselessness, meaninglessness, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, purposelessness
Definitions
- n. 1
The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless.
Near-synonyms: purposelessness, meaninglessness, uselessness
Forms
- Plural
- pointlessnesses → inanities, uselessnesses, meaninglessnesses, senselessnesses…
Example sentences
- uselessness People don't understand the usefulness of uselessness.
- senselessness The senselessness of the act appalled him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pointlessness | rising | |
| uselessness | steady | |
| meaninglessness | steady | |
| inanity | steady | |
| senselessness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- inanity, vacuity
- 11 letters
- uselessness
- 12 letters
- mindlessness
- 13 letters
- senselessness
- 15 letters
- meaninglessness, purposelessness