purposeless
having no purpose or apparent meaning.
having no aim or goal; aimless: to lead a purposeless existence.
Origin of purposeless
1Other words from purposeless
- pur·pose·less·ly, adverb
- pur·pose·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby purposeless
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How to use purposeless in a sentence
I watched another three episodes, thinking it might just be a slow start—but no, the amiable, purposeless loafing continues.
Yes, ‘Looking’ Is Boring. It’s the Drama Gays Deserve. | Tim Teeman | January 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEarly critics called it "a strange, inartistic story" with "purposeless power."
Early critics called it 'a strange, inartistic story' with 'purposeless power.'
This motion consists almost wholly in apparently purposeless lashing and coiling movements, and continues for many hours.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddHis mind with all its sternness ever tended to clemency, and his constitutional prudence, or measure, forbade purposeless excess.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
I am sure that the English soldiers, thoughtless though they may be, would not stoop to this sort of purposeless outrage.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungA cynical, purposeless, brooding life he must live to his last day: there was no healing in all the world for his despair.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman DuncanAs he advanced he perceived that the church grew in size, but to him that deceptive harmony seemed purposeless, reprehensible.
The conquest of Rome | Matilde Serao
British Dictionary definitions for purposeless
/ (ˈpɜːpəslɪs) /
having no fixed plan or intention
Derived forms of purposeless
- purposelessly, adverb
- purposelessness, noun
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