What is the meaning of pointless?

Not having a point especially a sharp point.
- usage: "my pencils are all pointless"
- synonyms: unpointed
Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being.
- usage: "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
- synonyms: otiose, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted

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