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^[1], →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
• Polish: bezcelowy (pl)