POINTLESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pointlessness mean? 

• POINTLESSNESS (noun)
  The noun POINTLESSNESS has 1 sense:

1. total lack of meaning or ideas

  Familiarity information: POINTLESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POINTLESSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Total lack of meaning or ideas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inanity; mindlessness; pointlessness; senselessness; vacuity

Hypernyms ("pointlessness" is a kind of...):

meaninglessness (the quality of having no value or significance)

Derivation:

pointless (serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being)