Purposelessness

Purposelessness
Purposeless Pur"pose*less, a. Having no purpose or result; objectless. --Bp. Hall. -- {Pur"pose*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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  • purposelessness — Having no intent; being in a state without intention, no purpose. Having no ideas for the science fair, Bob had a feeling of purposelessness …   Dictionary of american slang

  • purposelessness — Having no intent; being in a state without intention, no purpose. Having no ideas for the science fair, Bob had a feeling of purposelessness …   Dictionary of american slang

  • purposelessness — purposeless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ done with or having no purpose. DERIVATIVES purposelessly adverb purposelessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • purposelessness — noun see purposeless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • purposelessness — See purposelessly. * * * …   Universalium

  • purposelessness — noun The state of being purposeless …   Wiktionary

  • purposelessness — pÉœrpÉ™slɪsnɪs / pɜːp n. aimlessness, state of lacking a goal, state of lacking specific intent …   English contemporary dictionary

  • purposelessness — pur·pose·less·ness …   English syllables

  • purposelessness — noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose • Syn: ↑aimlessness • Ant: ↑purposefulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑aimless (for: ↑aimlessness), ↑purpo …   Useful english dictionary

  • aimlessness — noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑purposelessness • Ant: ↑purposefulness (for: ↑purposelessness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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