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Meaning of PURPOSELESS

Pronunciation:  'purpusles

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
  2. [adj]  not evidencing any purpose of goal
 
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 Synonyms: adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless, desultory, directionless, meaningless, planless, pointless, rudderless, senseless, undirected
 
 Antonyms: purposeful
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pur"pose*less\, a.
Having no purpose or result; objectless. --Bp. Hall. --
{Pur"pose*less*ness}, n.
 

 

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