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non-purposive
non-purposive adj.
Brit. 
/(ˌ)nɒnˈpəːpəsɪv/
, /(ˌ)nɒnˈpəːpəsɪv/U.S. /ˌnɑnˈpərpəsɪv/
/ˌnɑnˈpərpəsɪv/ΚΠ
1892 Amer. Naturalist 26 459 Many of our inherited organs are at present non-purposive, in some cases even harmful.
1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist i. 41 Apparently purposive structures could arise by means of a non-purposive mechanism.
1965 P. Caws Philos. of Sci. xl. 312 The goal itself may emerge from an originally nonpurposive activity.
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- to set out the shin
- to set out to mast
- to set over
- to set packing
- to set pen to paper
- to set price by
- to set price of
- to set price upon
- to set prison-free
- to set prisonfree
- to set put a stone rolling
- to set put in such a gog for
- to set put in such a gog of
- to set put the dice upon
- to set sail
- to set seams
- to set seed
- to set short by
- to set shoulder against
- to set sight of
- to set sight of in
- to set so lite, so a great deal, less, least, more, most by
- to set so lite, so mickle, less, least, more, most by
- to set so lite, so much , less, least, more, most by
- to set so little , so a great deal, less, least, more, most by