Purposeless

  • 21purposeless — adj. having no aim or plan. Derivatives: purposelessly adv. purposelessness n …

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  • 22pointless purposeless — meaningless meaningless adj. having no meaning; of no value; as, a meaningless endeavor; a meaningless life; a meaningless explanation. Opposite of {meaningful}. [Narrower terms: {insignificant ; {mindless, unmeaning ; {nonsense(prenominal),… …

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  • 23Purposelessness — Purposeless Pur pose*less, a. Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. {Pur pose*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 24purposelessly — purposeless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ done with or having no purpose. DERIVATIVES purposelessly adverb purposelessness noun …

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  • 25purposelessness — purposeless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ done with or having no purpose. DERIVATIVES purposelessly adverb purposelessness noun …

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  • 26pointless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. meaningless, purposeless. See unmeaningness. Ant., meaningful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dull] Syn. uninteresting, prosaic, not pertinent; see irrelevant , trivial , unnecessary . 2. [Blunt] Syn.… …

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  • 27aimless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. random, undirected, chance; driftless, idle; wanton. See disorder. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. purposeless, pointless, erratic, unavailing, thoughtless, careless, heedless, rambling, wandering,… …

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  • 28purposelessness — noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose • Syn: ↑aimlessness • Ant: ↑purposefulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑aimless (for: ↑aimlessness), ↑purpo …

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  • 29wasted — adjective 1. not used to good advantage (Freq. 1) squandered money cannot be replaced a wasted effort • Syn: ↑squandered • Similar to: ↑lost 2. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being …

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  • 30insignificant — meaningless meaningless adj. having no meaning; of no value; as, a meaningless endeavor; a meaningless life; a meaningless explanation. Opposite of {meaningful}. [Narrower terms: {insignificant ; {mindless, unmeaning ; {nonsense(prenominal),… …

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