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—purposelessly, adv. —purposelessness, n./perr"peuhs lis/, adj.1. having no purpose or apparent meaning.2. having no aim or goal; aimless: to lead a purposeless existence.[1545-55; PURPOSE + -LESS]
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Purposeless — Pur pose*less, a. Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. {Pur pose*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
purposeless — index arbitrary and capricious, casual, expendable, nugatory, random, unavailing, unintentional, unwitting … Law dictionary
purposeless — [adj] useless, insignificant aimless, designless, desultory, drifting, empty, feckless, floundering, fustian, goalless, good for nothing*, haphazard, hit or miss*, indiscriminate, irregular, meaningless, motiveless, needless, nonsensical,… … New thesaurus
purposeless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ done with or having no purpose. DERIVATIVES purposelessly adverb purposelessness noun … English terms dictionary
purposeless — [pʉr′pəs ləs] adj. not purposeful; aimless purposelessly adv. purposelessness n … English World dictionary
purposeless — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)pəsləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If an action is purposeless, it does not seem to have a sensible purpose. Time may also be wasted in purposeless meetings... Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless? Syn: senseless, pointless … English dictionary
purposeless — pur|pose|less [ˈpə:pəsləs US ˈpə:r ] adj not having a clear aim or purpose ▪ hours of purposeless activity >purposelessly adv >purposelessness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
purposeless — pur|pose|less [ pɜrpəsləs ] adjective lacking a useful purpose: the purposeless lives of the very rich … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
purposeless — adjective not having a clear aim or purpose: a purposeless existence on the streets of London purposelessly adverb purposelessness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
purposeless — UK [ˈpɜː(r)pəsləs] / US [ˈpɜrpəsləs] adjective lacking a useful purpose the purposeless lives of the very rich … English dictionary
