Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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pointless

/ˈpɔɪntləs/ adjective

Forms pointlesse

  1. adjective Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end. “a pointless sword”
  2. adjective Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc. “a pointless remark”
  3. adjective Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim. “Since the decision has already been made, further discussion seems pointless.”
  4. adjective (sports, games) Having no points “After four matches and four defeats, United remain pointless at the foot of the table.”
  5. adjective (mathematics) Without points. “a pointless topology”
  6. adjective (programming, derogatory) Point-free; employing the tacit programming paradigm.

Synonyms

futile needless purposeless redundant superfluous blunt dull obtuse point-free unpointed otiose senseless wasted

Antonyms

pointed sharp worthwhile useful pointful

Etymology

From Middle English pointles, poynteles, poyntlees. By surface analysis, point + -less.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “pointless”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “pointless” (best matches first).