pointlessly
adverb
uk/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs.li/us/ˈpɔɪnt.ləs.li/in a way that has nopurposeand is awasteoftime:
无意义地;劳而无功地;漫无目的地Innocentliveswerecruellyand pointlesslywipedout.无辜的生命被残忍而毫无意义地消灭了。
Theydrovepointlessly around thetown.他们漫无目的地在城里兜了一圈。
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pointless
- Thesevictimsofchronicpainweresufferingpointlessly.
- Thestoryseemedto go in acirclepointlessly.
- Thesoldierswent intobattlebravelyanddiedpointlessly.
- Theartworkseemedvapidand pointlesslycontroversial.
- We arehandicappedby pointlesslycomplexofficialprocedures.
Useless and futile
- a mug's gameidiom
- adrift
- aimless
- aimlessly
- aimlessness
- airy-fairy
- frivolous
- frivolousness
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
- moon around
- motiveless
- negate
- negation
- unfruitful
- unrealistic
- unrealistically
- untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
- unviability