Dead and Pointless

Dead

Dead adjective - No longer living.

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

Nearby Word: deadly

Pointless

Pointless adjective - Having no meaning.

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

Nearby Word: point

Both words in one sentence

  • Ruruka's death is completely pointless and could have been avoided, and the time she was dead could have instead been used giving her a redemption arc.
  • Talking to the Dead Generally averted on The Mentalist, as Patrick Jane (a former phony psychic) insists repeatedly that its pointless because the dead are just gone.
  • Film / The Quick and the Dead Herod is dead-set on convincing Cort that his mission to make up for his past sins is pointless because they're cut from the same cloth, and he's always going to be a killer.
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