adj
Meaning 1
Without purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
purposeless
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adjective
Meaning 2
not evidencing any purpose or goal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: purposeful
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: otiose, pointless, senseless, superfluous, wasted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From purpose + -less.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: безцелен (bezcelen) — without purpose
- Dutch: doelloos — without purpose
- Esperanto: sencela — without purpose
- Finnish: tarkoitukseton — without purpose
- Ancient Greek: εἰκαῖος (eikaîos) — without purpose
- Icelandic: tilgangslaus — without purpose
- Kazakh: бағытсыз (bağytsyz) — without purpose
- Lithuanian: betikslis — without purpose
- Māori: makihoi — without purpose
- Māori: karore — without purpose
- Polish: bezcelowy — without purpose
- Spanish: sin propósito — without purpose
- Spanish: despropositado — without purpose
- Welsh: dibwrpas — without purpose
- Welsh: diamcan — without purpose