fairly pointless
Frequency: 6.07.7 per million words
Indicates that something has little purpose, to a moderate degree.
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Examples (10)
- The debate became fairly pointless after the main speaker left.
- Trying to argue with him is fairly pointless; he never changes his mind.
- Without a clear goal, all their efforts seemed fairly pointless.
- She found the discussion to be fairly pointless and unconstructive.
- It felt fairly pointless to continue working on the project after the funding was cut.
- His attempts to explain the complex theory were fairly pointless to the uninitiated.
- The meeting was fairly pointless as no decisions were made.
- I think complaining about it now would be fairly pointless.
- After two hours, the search seemed fairly pointless.
- Creating such a detailed plan for a minor task felt fairly pointless.