- Motivelessness
- Motiveless Mo"tive*less, a. Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. -- {Mo"tive*less*ness}, n. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
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Motivelessness
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motivelessness — noun Absence of a motive … Wiktionary
motivelessness — mo·tive·less·ness … English syllables
motivelessness — noun see motiveless * * * moˈtivelessness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑motive … Useful english dictionary
motive — motiveless, adj. motivelessly, adv. motivelessness, n. /moh tiv/, n., adj., v., motived, motiving. n. 1. something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive. 2. the goal or object of a person s actions: Her … Universalium
caprice — Synonyms and related words: arbitrariness, bee, boutade, capriccio, capriciousness, carelessness, characteristic, conceit, contrariety, crank, crankiness, crotchet, crotchetiness, divertissement, fancifulness, fancy, fantasia, fantasticality,… … Moby Thesaurus
moodiness — Synonyms and related words: arbitrariness, bouderie, caprice, capriciousness, crankiness, crotchetiness, dejection, desultoriness, deviability, dumpishness, eccentricity, erraticism, fancifulness, fantasticality, fickleness, flightiness,… … Moby Thesaurus
petulance — Synonyms and related words: Faustianism, arbitrariness, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, caprice, capriciousness, cold comfort, complaining, complaint, crankiness, crotchetiness, destructive criticism, disappointment,… … Moby Thesaurus
motive — noun 1》 a reason for doing something. 2》 a motif. adjective 1》 producing physical or mechanical motion. 2》 acting as a motive. Derivatives motiveless adjective motivelessly adverb motivelessness noun Origin ME: from OFr. motif, from late L.… … English new terms dictionary
motive — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a factor or circumstance that induces a person to act in a particular way. 2 = MOTIF. adj. 1 tending to initiate movement. 2 concerned with movement. v.tr. = MOTIVATE. Phrases and idioms: motive power a moving or impelling… … Useful english dictionary
