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adjective (having no meaning or purpose: a pointless journey.) sin sentido, inútilpointless adj sin sentido / inútiltr['pɔɪntləs]1 (meaningless) sin sentido; (useless) inútil■ it's pointless no tiene sentido, no sirve de nadapointless ['pɔɪntləs] adj: inútil, ocioso, vanoit's pointless to continue: no tiene sentido continuaradj.• bizantino, -a adj.• inútil adj.• sin sentido adj.• vano, -a adj.'pɔɪntləs, 'pɔɪntlɪsit's pointless arguing with him — no tiene sentido or no conduce a nada discutir con él
['pɔɪntlɪs]ADJ1) (=useless) inútilit is pointless to complain — es inútil quejarse, de nada sirve quejarse
2) (=motiveless) sin motivo, inmotivadoan apparently pointless crime — en aparencia, un crimen inmotivado
3) (=meaningless) sin sentidoa pointless existence — una vida sin sentido, una vida que carece de propósito
* * *['pɔɪntləs, 'pɔɪntlɪs]it's pointless arguing with him — no tiene sentido or no conduce a nada discutir con él
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adjectiveunbrauchbar [Werkzeug, Gerät, Rat, Vorschlag, Idee, Material]; nutzlos [Wissen, Information, Fakten, Protest, Anstrengung, Kampf]; vergeblich [Anstrengung, Maßnahme, Kampf, Klage]; zwecklos [Widerstand, Protest, Argumentieren]be useless to somebody — jemandem nichts nützen
it's useless to do that or doing that — es hat keinen Zweck od. Sinn, das zu tun
* * *adjective (having no use or no effect: Why don't you throw away those useless things?; We can't do it - it's useless to try.) nutzlos* * *use·less[ˈju:sləs]1. (pointless) sinnlos, zwecklosit's \useless trying to discuss politics with him es hat keinen Sinn, mit ihm über Politik diskutieren zu wollen\useless verbiage unnützes Geschwätzyou're absolutely \useless! du bist doch zu nichts zu gebrauchen!you're such a \useless idiot! du bist ein hoffnungsloser Schwachkopf! famhe's a \useless goalkeeper er taugt nichts als TorwartI'm \useless at maths ich habe keine Ahnung von Mathematik3. (unusable) unbrauchbarthis knife is \useless dieses Messer taugt nichts\useless details überflüssige Details\useless information wertlose Informationento render sth \useless etw unbrauchbar machen* * *['juːslɪs]adj1) nutzlos; (= unusable) unbrauchbar; advice, suggestion nutzlos, unnütz; person nutzlos, zu nichts nütze; teacher, manager, player untauglich, unbrauchbar; school untauglich; remedy unwirksam, wirkungslosto be useless to sb — für jdn nutzlos or ohne Nutzen sein
to prove useless — sich als nutzlos erweisen; (machine, object) sich als unbrauchbar erweisen
it is useless ( for you) to complain — es hat keinen Sinn, sich zu beschweren
shouting is useless —
it's useless without a handle — ohne Griff nützt es nichts or ist es unbrauchbar
he's useless as a goalkeeper — er ist als Torwart nicht zu gebrauchen, er taugt nichts als Torwart
to be useless at doing sth — unfähig dazu sein, etw zu tun
2) (= pointless) zwecklos, sinnlos* * *useless [ˈjuːslıs] adj (adv uselessly)1. nutz-, sinn-, zwecklos, unnütz, vergeblich:2. unbrauchbar:useless rock GEOL taubes Gestein;he’s useless er ist zu nichts zu gebrauchen* * *adjectiveunbrauchbar [Werkzeug, Gerät, Rat, Vorschlag, Idee, Material]; nutzlos [Wissen, Information, Fakten, Protest, Anstrengung, Kampf]; vergeblich [Anstrengung, Maßnahme, Kampf, Klage]; zwecklos [Widerstand, Protest, Argumentieren]it's useless to do that or doing that — es hat keinen Zweck od. Sinn, das zu tun
* * *adj.nutzlos adj.unnütz adj.zwecklos adj.
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