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Antonyms for purposeless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pur-puh s-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr pəs lɪs



Definition of purposeless

Origin :
  • 1550s, from purpose (n.) + -less. Related: Purposelessly; purposelessness.
  • adj useless, insignificant
Example sentences :
  • It is possible for action to be at once intentional and purposeless.
  • Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
  • And he thought of his own condition—very hopeless and purposeless as it was.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • To take to the mountains would have been a purposeless folly.
  • Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray
  • It seems to be a habit of Munich trains to start off in this purposeless way.
  • Extract from : « Diary of a Pilgrimage » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • He went as slowly as we, with an indescribable, purposeless gait.
  • Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
  • In the monotony of a purposeless existence, most humans do no more than that.
  • Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton
  • Our dip into the early history of South Africa is not purposeless.
  • Extract from : « Lord Milner's Work in South Africa » by W. Basil Worsfold
  • When we separated for the night, I felt that my going to bed would be purposeless.
  • Extract from : « A Stable for Nightmares » by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
  • It was there in his kindly eyes, in the purposeless fashion in which he fingered his pipe.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Talk was purposeless and commonplace at first, a painful waiting.
  • Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland

Synonyms for purposeless

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