Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with pointless in American Collocation
completely
absolutely
completely
entirely
totally
utterly
The film starts off with a completely pointless opening sequence aboard a boat.
rather
almost
fairly
largely
pretty
rather
Such speculation is pretty pointless.
slightly
a little
slightly
somewhat
Now that I think about it that does seem a little pointless.
apparently
apparently
seemingly
Despite the seemingly pointless situation of the entire protest, the day must be considered a success.
action or activity
activity
exercise
experiment
gesture
pursuit
task
waste
This may all seem like a pointless exercise.
discussion or comment
argument
comment
debate
discussion
question
review
The committee got bogged down in a pointless debate about why each drug is in a particular class.
be or become
be
become
be rendered
prove
If no one buys the new products, then the recycling process becomes pointless.
seem
feel
seem
In fact, it seems pretty pointless to try and duplicate his advice here.