Cruel and Pointless

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Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

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Pointless and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pointless" instead an adjective "Cruel".

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Pointless adjective - Having no meaning.

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Cruel and pointless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Pointless".

Nearby Word: point

However, when his love interest Iris dies in cruel and pointless war, he didn't take it well.

Source: It Never Gets Any Easier
Jerkass: Siona opposes the greatest tyrant mankind has ever known, but she's also hypocritical, cruel and pointless vindictive.

Source: Franchise / Dune aka: Hunters Sandworms Of Dune
You could argue that she did it to make sure Fear would stay away from battles, but the way she did was cruel and pointless.

Source: Light Novel / Cube×Cursed×Curious

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