purposeless

English

Etymology

From purpose +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

purposeless (comparative more purposeless, superlative most purposeless)

1. Without purpose.
   • 2008, Luo Ji, The Dark Forest‎, →ISBN:

     Turbulence was everywhere, within every blade of grass, every drop of dew on a leaf, every cloud in the sky, and every star beyond. The turbulence was purposeless, but in huge quantities of purposeless turbulence, purpose took shape.

Derived terms

• purposelessly
• purposelessness

Translations

without purpose

Bulgarian: безцелен (bg) (bezcelen) Dutch: doelloos (nl) Esperanto: sencela Finnish: tarkoitukseton (fi) Greek: Ancient Greek: εἰκαῖος (eikaîos) Icelandic: tilgangslaus (is) Kazakh: бағытсыз (bağytsyz) Lithuanian: betikslis m Maori: makihoi, karore Polish: bezcelowy (pl) Welsh: dibwrpas (cy), diamcan (cy)