English-French translations for pointless

• insensé
  Il est insensé de continuer de financer Galileo si le Conseil n'affiche pas une réelle volonté de le mener à son terme. It is pointless continuing to finance Galileo if the Council does not have the genuine will to see it through to the end.
• inutile
  Nous refusons cet exercice inutile. We reject this pointless exercise.
  Je trouve que cette solution est inutile et superficielle. I find this solution to be pointless and superficial.
  Cela rend leur observation presque inutile. This renders observation close to pointless.
• obtus
• oiseux
• vain
  Autrement, notre aide sera réellement vaine. Otherwise, any aid from us will really be pointless.
  Tout autre subterfuge est vain et désastreux. Any further prevarication is pointless and destructive.
  Il est vain de vouloir définir le début de la vie. It is pointless to try to define the point at which life begins.

Definition of pointless

• Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end
• Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc
• Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim
• Without points

Examples

• a pointless sword
• a pointless knife
• a pointless remark
• The sequel to the film was even more pointless than the original
• Since the decision has already been made, further discussion seems pointless
• a pointless topology

Related words

• pointlessly
• pointlessness
• pointless talk