papa kore
1. (modifier) pointless, for no reason, futile, senseless, needless.
Hei reira hoki ngā mōrehu te pōuri ai ki te maumau o ana huanga i mate papa kore noa iho i roto i tēnei pakanga (TWM 2/4/1864:2). / And the survivors are there despondent about the waste of their relatives who died quite pointlessly in this war.
Synonyms: pōrewarewa, pōrewharewha, makihoi, kūrapa, koretake, hakihakiā, huhuakore, kikokore, huakore
