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HE К ЧЕМУ (кому) coll PrepP Invar subj-compl with бытыз ( subj: infin)) it would be pointless for s.o. to do sth. because no advantage would come of it, nothing would be achieved by it etc: делать X (Y-y) не к чему = there is no point (sense) in (Yb) doing X it makes no sense (for Y) to do X there is no need (reason) (for Y) to do X irt useless (for Y) (to do X) (when used as indep. remark only) (there's) no need for that.

(Терентий:) He станем мы вместе с тобой в кино ходить, батя. (Отдаёт ему билеты.) Не к чему (Арбузов 2). (Т.:) Dad, we are not going to the cinema together. (Returns the tickets to him.) There is no point... (2a).