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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
pointless
point‧less /ˈpɔɪntləs/ BrE AmE adjective [Word Family: noun: ↑point, ↑pointer, ↑pointlessness; adjective: ↑pointed, ↑pointy, ↑pointless; adverb: ↑pointlessly, ↑pointedly; verb: ↑point] worthless or not likely to have any useful result: Life just seemed pointless to me. a pointless quarrel it is pointless doing something It’s pointless telling her to clean her room – she’ll never do it. it is pointless to do something I think it would be pointless to discuss this issue again. —pointlessly adverb —pointlessness noun [uncountable] • • • THESAURUS ▪ pointless not likely to have a useful result: She knew it would be pointless to argue with him. | The meeting was a pointless exercise. ▪ futile completely pointless because there is no chance at all of being successful: She shut the door in a futile attempt to keep the smell out. | Their efforts proved futile (=did not have any success). ▪ useless not useful or effective in any way: I knew it was useless to try to explain to him what had happened. | The map we had been given was useless. ▪ hopeless having no hope of being successful or effective: It was a hopeless task. | He was jumping up and down in a hopeless attempt to keep warm. ▪ be a waste of time/money/effort to be not worth the time, money etc that you use because you do not achieve anything: The whole process was a complete waste of time. | The scheme was a waste of money.
pointlesshu◎ | ['pɔintlis] | ※ | tính từ | | ■ | cùn, không nhọn | | ■ | vô nghĩa, không ý vị, lạc lõng, vu vơ (câu chuyện); vô dụng, vô mục đích (người, vật) | | ☆ | make a pointless remark | | đưa ra một nhận xét vô nghĩa |
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