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[ pur-puhs-lis ]
/ ˈpɜr pəs lɪs /
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adjective
having no purpose or apparent meaning.
having no aim or goal; aimless: to lead a purposeless existence.
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OTHER WORDS FROM purposeless
pur·pose·less·ly, adverbpur·pose·less·ness, noun
Words nearby purposeless
purportedly, purpose, purpose-built, purposeful, purposefully, purposeless, purposely, purposive, purpresture, purpura, purpure
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How to use purposeless in a sentence
The key to getting into this state seemed to be the purposeless way in which the day unfolded.
I watched another three episodes, thinking it might just be a slow start—but no, the amiable, purposeless loafing continues.
Early 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.
His mind with all its sternness ever tended to clemency, and his constitutional prudence, or measure, forbade purposeless excess.
I am sure that the English soldiers, thoughtless though they may be, would not stoop to this sort of purposeless outrage.
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.
British Dictionary definitions for purposeless
purposeless
/ (ˈpɜ�?pəslɪs) /
adjective
having no fixed plan or intention
Derived forms of purposeless
purposelessly, adverbpurposelessness, noun
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