pointlessness

English

Etymology

From pointless +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pointlessness (countable and uncountable, plural pointlessnesses)

1. (countable) The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless.

   The pointlessness of the discussion only compounded her boredom.

   • 2007 August 4, Allan Kozinn, “The Generation of ’38, Still Kicking”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     But with unstructured improvisation, the risk that directionlessness will give way to pointlessness is high.

2. (topology, geometry, uncountable) The quality of not mentioning points.

Translations

lack of purpose

• Esperanto: sensenceco
• Latvian: bezjēdzība f, bezjēdzīgums m
• Polish: bezcelowość (pl) f
• Russian: бессмы́сленность (ru) f (bessmýslennostʹ)

in geometry or topology

References

• Pointless topology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gerla, G., 1995, "Pointless Geometries" in Buekenhout, F., Kantor, W. eds., Handbook of incidence geometry: buildings and foundations. North-Holland: 1015-31.