adj
Meaning 1
Without purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aimless, goalless, purposeless
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unpurposed
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adj
Meaning 2
Not deliberate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1640, William Whately, Prototypes, London: Edward Langham, The Thirteenth Example, pp. 199-200, [...] the Lord will surely accept him and forgive his unpurposed offences and sinnes of meere weakenesse and frailty.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inadvertent, undesigned, unintended, unintentional, accidental, designless, involuntary, unplanned, unpurposed, unwitting
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English purposed English unpurposed From un- + purposed.