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pointless Englisch:

a futile attempt/effort; it is futile to do something

I did my best to learn to dance but all my attempts proved futile.

Going to the local police for help is often futile

But so far as I can see, thinking about such things is not futile.

It's completely futile trying to reason with him - he just won't listen.

It just seems so futile, you know? All these women and nothing!

Although stoichiometrically possible, these modes involve futile cycling of carbon across the internal membranes to dissipate energy

No sooner had I Fixed the washmashine than it turned out that my effort was futile

... later years on a futile search for a unified...

Such a fight would be both futile and ridiculous.

It isn't futile to go to university.

If one plants an oak, it is futile to hope to soon be able to take cover under its leaves.

What's your point?

After a certain point, everything became a little more difficult.

I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.

To get back to my original point, yesterday I sent the report off to Tokyo.

There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.

The first point that requires clarification is that the design was purely experimental.

The point of true mutual understanding has not yet been reached between Japan and China.

He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.

May I ask a few more questions about that point? It's a little obscure.

Can you point me in the right direction?

Up to this point I have presented an overview of the growth of political unrest in the period.

Dr. Thatcher diagnosed her patient with generalized anxiety disorder because his symptoms didn't point to other diagnoses.

I should point out that it is necessary to re-examine the validity of Emmet's theory.

In point of fact, she had nothing to do with the scandal.

My strong point is my philosophy - nothing ventured nothing gained.