| ADJECTIVE | all | purposeless | not evidencing any purpose or goal / goal |
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| all | purposeless, otiose, pointless, senseless, superfluous, wasted | serving no useful purpose |
| Sounds | per'pahslahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | not evidencing any purpose or goal / goal. | |
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| Narrower | adrift, afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected | aimlessly drifting / drifting |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose | |
| See also | meaningless, nonmeaningful | Having no meaning / meaning or direction or purpose |
| Opposite | purposeful | Serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal |
| Nouns | purposelessness | the quality of lacking any definite purpose |
| Adverbs | purposelessly | without a clear purpose |
| Meaning | Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. | |
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| Example | "a life essentially purposeless" | |
| Synonyms | otiose, pointless, senseless, superfluous, wasted | |
| Broader | worthless | lacking in usefulness or value |
| Spanish | incapaz, ineficaz, inepto, inútil, vano | |
| Catalan | incapaç, ineficaç, inepte, inútil, va | |
| Nouns | purposelessness, aimlessness | the quality of lacking any definite purpose |
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