pointless exercise

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• (a) pointless exercise — a pointless exercise phrase a waste of time Thesaurus: likely to failsynonym Main entry: pointless …   Useful english dictionary

• exercise — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 use of the body to keep healthy ADJECTIVE ▪ good, healthy ▪ hard, heavy, high intensity (esp. AmE), intense, strenuous, vigorous …   Collocations dictionary

• exercise — ex|er|cise1 W2S1 [ˈeksəsaız US ər ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for health)¦ 2¦(movement)¦ 3¦(for a skill)¦ 4¦(in a book)¦ 5¦(for a particular result)¦ 6¦(army/navy etc)¦ 7 the exercise of something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: exercice, from …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pointless — point|less [ pɔıntləs ] adjective lacking any purpose or use: These forms are just pointless paperwork. It s pointless just waiting here he s obviously not coming. It would be pointless to try and stop him. a. a pointless exercise a waste of time …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pointless — UK [ˈpɔɪntləs] / US adjective lacking any purpose or use It s pointless just waiting here, he s obviously not coming. It would be pointless to try and stop him. • a pointless exercise …   English dictionary

• a pointless exercise — a waste of time …   English dictionary

• pointless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ consider sth, find sth, think sth ▪ She considered it pointless to plan in too much detail …   Collocations dictionary

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