GM's descent into pointlessness has occurred despite its status as one of the U.S.'--and the world's--most heavily subsidized companies.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The world remembers the Great War for the supreme pointlessness with which it slaughtered an entire generation of British, French, German and other combatants.

WSJ: Goodbye to All That

Also the hermits of third-century Egypt, the so-called daemon meridianus, when their prayers were stultified by pointlessness and tedium and a longing for violent death.

NEWYORKER: Wiggle Room

Never more than when Basil thrashed an Austin 1100 with the branch of a tree, an act of inspired pointlessness that seemed analogous to our own situation.

NEWYORKER: Dead Man Laughing

Always a phrase or two about the pointlessness of the assignment in relation to the use of time and to things he might otherwise be doing: e.g.

NEWYORKER: The Tree Line, Kansas, 1934

Those, surely, are pushing at the frontiers of pointlessness?

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It gives all of us who have the honour of being a part of it a chance to reflect on the pointlessness and pain of past divisions in this part of the world.

BBC: London 2012: Orchestras share stage for historic concert

The Sage of Omaha railed against the pointlessness of much of the work done by audit committees (while joking that he does not get asked onto compensation committees because they prefer Cocker Spaniels to Dobermans).

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