| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abortive | failing to achieve its aim |
| 2. | academic | theoretical and not practical |
| 3. | aimless | without a clear purpose |
| 4. | all for nothing | without any useful result |
| 5. | barren | unable to produce results |
| 6. | beside the point | not relevant to the issue |
| 7. | bootless | useless or unprofitable |
| 8. | broken | not working or effective |
| 9. | cosmetic | only superficial, not substantive |
| 10. | counterproductive | having the opposite effect |
| 11. | dead-end | leading nowhere useful |
| 12. | defective | flawed and not fully effective |
| 13. | directionless | without clear direction or purpose |
| 14. | dispensable | able to be done without |
| 15. | doomed | certain to fail |
| 16. | duplicative | needlessly repeating something else |
| 17. | empty | lacking substance or value |
| 18. | excess | more than necessary |
| 19. | expendable | not worth keeping or saving |
| 20. | extraneous | not relevant or necessary |
| 21. | farcical | absurdly pointless or ridiculous |
| 22. | faulty | containing faults; not effective |
| 23. | feeble | lacking strength or force |
| 24. | fiddling | trivial and not worth attention |
| 25. | foolish | showing poor sense or judgment |
| 26. | for nothing | with no useful result |
| 27. | fruitless | producing no useful result |
| 28. | futile | incapable of producing a result |
| 29. | going nowhere | making no useful progress |
| 30. | gratuitous | unnecessary and unwarranted |
| 31. | half-baked | poorly thought out |
| 32. | harebrained | recklessly foolish |
| 33. | hollow | lacking real value or meaning |
| 34. | hopeless | offering no chance of success |
| 35. | idle | serving no real purpose |
| 36. | immaterial | not important in context |
| 37. | inane | silly and lacking sense |
| 38. | inconsequential | not important or significant |
| 39. | ineffective | not producing a useful result |
| 40. | ineffectual | not producing the desired effect |
| 41. | insignificant | too small to matter |
| 42. | insubstantial | lacking real substance or value |
| 43. | lame | weak and unconvincing |
| 44. | lost | unable to achieve a result |
| 45. | ludicrous | absurdly unreasonable or silly |
| 46. | marginal | of little importance |
| 47. | meager | lacking worth or substance |
| 48. | meaningless | having no real meaning or value |
| 49. | mindless | done without thought or purpose |
| 50. | minor | not important or serious |
| 51. | moot | having little practical relevance |
| 52. | needless | not necessary |
| 53. | nominal | existing in name only |
| 54. | nonessential | not absolutely necessary |
| 55. | nonfunctional | not working or useful |
| 56. | nonsensical | making no sense |
| 57. | nugatory | of no value or effect |
| 58. | null | having no value or effect |
| 59. | of no use | not useful at all |
| 60. | of no value | having no value |
| 61. | overkill | more than is necessary |
| 62. | paltry | small and unimportant |
| 63. | pathetic | pitifully inadequate or useless |
| 64. | picayune | trivial and petty |
| 65. | piffling | trivial and unimportant |
| 66. | profitless | bringing no gain or benefit |
| 67. | purportless | having no apparent purpose |
| 68. | purposeless | having no purpose |
| 69. | random | lacking plan or purpose |
| 70. | redundant | unnecessarily repetitive or excessive |
| 71. | ridiculous | deserving mockery for absurdity |
| 72. | senseless | lacking sense or purpose |
| 73. | shallow | lacking depth or significance |
| 74. | slight | small and unimportant |
| 75. | small-time | minor and unimportant |
| 76. | sterile | producing no useful result |
| 77. | stillborn | failing before real development |
| 78. | superfluous | more than is needed |
| 79. | surplus | more than needed |
| 80. | thin | lacking substance or strength |
| 81. | to no avail | without any success |
| 82. | to no purpose | with no useful effect |
| 83. | token | merely symbolic, not meaningful |
| 84. | trivial | of little importance or value |
| 85. | unavailing | bringing no benefit or result |
| 86. | undirected | not aimed toward a goal |
| 87. | unfocused | lacking a clear aim |
| 88. | unnecessary | not needed |
| 89. | unproductive | not producing useful results |
| 90. | useless | not useful or effective |
| 91. | vacuous | empty of thought or meaning |
| 92. | vain | producing no useful result |
| 93. | valueless | having no value |
| 94. | vapid | offering no interest or meaning |
| 95. | vitiated | spoiled or made ineffective |
| 96. | void | without legal force or effect |
| 97. | wasted | used to no good effect |
| 98. | wasteful | using resources to no purpose |
| 99. | weak | lacking force or effectiveness |
| 100. | worthless | having no worth or use |
