how to pronounce pointless

/ˈpɔɪntləs/

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pointless is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pointless in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… of the most pointless deaths in American …”

meaning of pointless

Pointless means having no point or purpose.

pointless frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word pointless occurs in english on average 8.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pointless can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pointless can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;