unpurposedlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpəːpəstli/, U.S. /ˌənˈpərpəstli/ rare.
Not purposefully; without purpose.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > unintentionally or involuntarily
unthankc960
un-i-waldesOE
unwaldesc1210
in unwaresa1300
unwilfully1382
unwaresa1400
unbewares1483
unawares1535
unbethought1558
involuntarily1562
unaware1593
at unawares1596
unwillinglya1616
implicitly1625
unpurposedlya1639
hormetically1678
inadvertently1678
indeliberately1681
undesignedly1687
inadvertingly1715
unintentionally1769
unintendedly1782
unpurposely1830
will-lessly1865
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xix. 185 Had they unpurposedly fallen to wanton embraces.
1910 J. M. Peebles Five Journeys around World (ed. 7) xliv. 510 Man is not a chip, floating upon the wind-tossed waves of life..or any non-conscious force whirling unpurposedly through the spaces.
1990 A. Burgess in Independent (Nexis) 20 Apr. 19 The malocchio of which ‘evil eye’ is a translation is an unpurposedly malevolent force feared by Italians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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