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Most pointless information on movement (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

motion

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'movement' is the definition.
(I know that movement can be written as motion)

'most pointless information on' is the wordplay.
'most pointless' becomes 'mot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'information' becomes 'i' (common abbreviation for information).
'mot'+'i'+'on'='MOTION'

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(Other definitions for motion that I've seen before include "Old coin of Germany" , "MP's proposal" , "Proposal to be voted on" , "Formal proposal for debate" , "Moving - resolution" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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