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purposeless

adj. lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"

unpointed

adj. not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"

otiose, wasted, useless, superfluous

adj. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"

afloat, adrift, undirected, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless

adj. aimlessly drifting

mindless, vacuous, asinine, fatuous, inane

adj. devoid of intelligence

gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for

adj. unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

dull

adj. not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"

dull, unsharpened

adj. not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"

meaningless

adj. having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"

nonsense, nonsensical

adj. having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"

empty, hollow, vacuous

adj. devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

insignificant

adj. signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall

mindless, unmeaning

adj. signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall

nonsense, nonsensical

adj. having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"

light, chaffy

adj. value; "an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow"

good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, sorry, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good

adj. without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"

trifling, paltry, negligible, piddling, piffling

adj. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

nugatory

adj. of no real value; "a nugatory law"

trumpery, trashy, rubbishy

adj. cheap and inferior; of no value; "rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority"; "trashy merchandise"

valueless

adj. of no value

meaningful

adj. having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"

pointed

adj. having a point

sharp

adj. having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"

sharp, acute, acuate

adj. ending in a sharp point

valuable

adj. having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; "another human being equally valuable in the sight of God"; "a valuable diamond"

invaluable, priceless

adj. having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth

essential, crucial, all-important, all important, of the essence

adj. of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"

useful, of value

adj. being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

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