pointless exercise

collocation in English

meaningsofpointlessandexercise

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pointless
adjective
uk
/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs/us
/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs/
Something that is pointless has no purpose, and it is a waste of time ...
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exercise
noun
uk
/ˈek.sə.saɪz/us
/ˈek.sɚ.saɪz/
physical activity that you do to make your body strong ...
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(Definition ofpointlessandexercisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This often renders 'planning' apointlessexercise, but places a high value on 'perfor mance', or -exibility and improvization.
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That would be apointlessexerciseunless the statistics were studied, collated and the rest.
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Otherwise, it would be apointlessexercise, as no action could result from the review.
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Otherwise, it will have been a ratherpointlessexercise.
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It is easy to forget, partly because it is such apointlessexercise.
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I can well imagine the sort of language used by a driver if he has to go through a ponderous andpointlessexerciselike this.
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A blurred and ragged sound of music coming from a military band would be apointlessexercise.
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If we were to do so, it would mean that our delegation had been nothing more than apointlessexercisein referendum tourism.
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If that happened, where would be the confidence of the people in this place after this very massive and verypointlessexercise?
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Then it would merely be apointlessexercise.
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It is apointlessexercisefrom that point of view.
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I urge him that to press the amendment at the end of the debate is apointlessexercise.
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One would not be able to discuss them or, if one did, it would be apointlessexercise.
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It is apointlessexercisein any event.
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I hope that someone will explain to me and my constituents the purpose of thispointlessexercise.
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It seems apointlessexerciseto talk about a new philosophy for own resources without having cleared up the fundamental unknown factors first.
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It would be apointlessexerciseto seek to appoint people from miles away who commanded no local confidence.
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It would be an absurd andpointlessexercise, leading to and achieving nothing.
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Therefore, it is perhaps a ratherpointlessexercise.
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But it does seem to be apointlessexercisewithin the ambit of this clause in unfair dismissal.
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