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pointless exercise

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meanings of pointlessand exercise


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pointless
adjective
uk /ˈpɔɪnt.ləs/ us /ˈpɔɪnt.ləs/
Something that is pointless has no purpose, and it is a waste of time ...
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exercise
noun
uk /ˈek.sə.saɪz/ us /ˈek.sɚ.saɪz/
physical activity that you do to make your body strong ...
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Examples of pointless exercise


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This often renders 'planning' a pointlessexercise, but places a high value on 'perfor mance', or -exibility and improvization.
That would be a pointlessexercise unless the statistics were studied, collated and the rest.
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Otherwise, it would be a pointlessexercise, as no action could result from the review.
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Otherwise, it will have been a rather pointlessexercise.
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It is easy to forget, partly because it is such a pointlessexercise.
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I can well imagine the sort of language used by a driver if he has to go through a ponderous and pointlessexercise like this.
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A blurred and ragged sound of music coming from a military band would be a pointlessexercise.
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If we were to do so, it would mean that our delegation had been nothing more than a pointlessexercise in referendum tourism.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
If that happened, where would be the confidence of the people in this place after this very massive and very pointlessexercise?
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Then it would merely be a pointlessexercise.
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It is a pointlessexercise from that point of view.
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I urge him that to press the amendment at the end of the debate is a pointlessexercise.
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One would not be able to discuss them or, if one did, it would be a pointlessexercise.
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It is a pointlessexercise in any event.
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I hope that someone will explain to me and my constituents the purpose of this pointlessexercise.
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It seems a pointlessexercise to talk about a new philosophy for own resources without having cleared up the fundamental unknown factors first.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It would be a pointlessexercise to seek to appoint people from miles away who commanded no local confidence.
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It would be an absurd and pointlessexercise, leading to and achieving nothing.
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Therefore, it is perhaps a rather pointlessexercise.
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But it does seem to be a pointlessexercise within the ambit of this clause in unfair dismissal.
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