purposeless

[ pur-puhs-lis ]
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adjective
  1. having no purpose or apparent meaning.

  2. having no aim or goal; aimless: to lead a purposeless existence.

Origin of purposeless

1
First recorded in 1545–55; purpose + -less

Other 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 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 Young
  • A cynical, purposeless, brooding life he must live to his last day: there was no healing in all the world for his despair.

  • As 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

purposeless

/ (ˈpɜːpəslɪs) /


adjective
  1. having no fixed plan or intention

Derived forms of purposeless

  • purposelessly, adverb
  • purposelessness, noun

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