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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | serving no useful purpose |
| def | having no excuse for being |
| examples | otiose lines in a play advice is wasted words a pointless remark a life essentially purposeless senseless violence |
| Outgoing links | |
| Similar to | worthless |
| Derivationally related form | senseless → senselessness |
| Derivationally related form | purposeless → purposelessness |
| Derivationally related form | pointless → pointlessness |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | worthless |
| Derived from adjective | pointlessly → pointless |
| Derivationally related form | pointlessness → pointless |
| Derivationally related form | senselessness → senseless |
| Derivationally related form | aimlessness → purposeless |
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