purposeless

English

Etymology

purpose +‎ -less

Pronunciation

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Adjective

purposeless (comparative more purposeless, superlative most purposeless)

Without purpose.
- 2008, Luo Ji, The Dark Forest‎, →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

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)
Maori: makihoi
Polish: bezcelowy (pl)

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