purposeless

[ UK /pˈɜːpəsləs/ ]
[ US /ˈpɝpəsɫəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not evidencing any purpose or goal
  2. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
    a life essentially purposeless
    otiose lines in a play
    advice is wasted words
    a pointless remark
    senseless violence
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How To Use purposeless In A Sentence

  • This planned spontaneity might sound like a paradox, but I usually find that chaotic and purposeless free time is not worth a great deal.
  • With such a meaningless and purposeless outlook on life - no wonder Johnny, given certain background inclinations and pressures, sometimes sees nothing wrong in deciding to shoot his fellow students.
  • This planned spontaneity might sound like a paradox, but I usually find that chaotic and purposeless free time is not worth a great deal.
  • I was right about that bit of silly purposeless fence.
  • Otherwise, scrap these purposeless ministries and start over with meaning.
  • Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
  • I lay still like this for a long time, sometimes opening my eyes to gaze purposelessly upon the passing shadows on the ceiling, but most of the time, I just shut my eyes.
  • He could feel them weighing down his gut, making the world turn gray and purposeless. T2®: THE FUTURE WAR
  • Self-reporting in these matters is hard, but I am pretty sure “no end” can only mean “extensively” to me, while “to no end” * could* be used to express either “extensively” or “purposelessly” though I believe I favor the latter. Prescriptivists amaze me (to) no end « Motivated Grammar
  • An alienated and fearful public is the flip side of an isolated and purposeless elite.
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