Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
His lectures are often wordy andpointless.

Pointless (Adjective)
Meaning: Having little or no sense, use, or purpose.
Synonym: senseless, futile, hopeless, fruitless, useless, needless, wasted, in vain, unavailing, aimless, idle, to no purpose, purposeless, worthless, valueless, unproductive, unprofitable

Source: Oxford Dictionary