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purposeless
pur·pose·less P0671400 (pûr′pəs-lĭs)adj. Lacking a purpose; meaningless or aimless.
pur′pose·less·ly adv.pur′pose·less·ness n.purposeless (ˈpɜːpəslɪs) adjhaving no fixed plan or intention ˈpurposelessly adv ˈpurposelessness npur•pose•less (ˈpɜr pəs lɪs)
adj. 1. having no purpose or apparent meaning. 2. having no aim or goal; aimless: a purposeless existence. [1545–55] pur′pose•less•ly, adv. pur′pose•less•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | purposeless - not evidencing any purpose or goalmeaningless, nonmeaningful - having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"purposeful - serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal | | 2. | purposeless - serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"otiose, superfluous, wasted, pointless, senselessworthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler" |
purposelessadjective1. Without aim, purpose, or intent:aimless, desultory, pointless.2. Lacking rational direction or purpose:meaningless, mindless, pointless, senseless.Idiom: without rhyme or reason.Translationspurpose (ˈpəːpəs) noun1. the reason for doing something; the aim to which an action etc is directed. What is the purpose of your visit? 目的 目的2. the use or function of an object. The purpose of this lever is to stop the machine in an emergency. 效果，作用 效果，作用 3. determination. a man of purpose. 意志，決心 意志，决心 purposeful adjective having a definite purpose. with a purposeful look on his face. 有目的的 有目的的ˈpurposefully adverb 有目的 有目的ˈpurposeless adjective having no purpose. purposeless destruction. 無目的的 无目的的ˈpurposely adverb intentionally. He did it purposely to attract my attention. 特意地，故意地 特意地，故意地 ˌpurpose-ˈbuilt adjective made or built for a particular need or purpose. People who use wheelchairs sometimes live in purpose-built houses. 特意製作的，專用的 特意制作的，专用的 on purpose intentionally. Did you break the cup on purpose? 故意地，為了 故意地，为了 serve a purpose to be useful in some way. 對...適合，對...有用 对...适合，对...有用 to no purpose with no useful results. 不得要領的，徒勞無功 不得要领的，不合适的
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Synonyms for purposelessadj without aim, purpose, or intentSynonyms- aimless
- desultory
- pointless
adj lacking rational direction or purposeSynonyms- meaningless
- mindless
- pointless
- senseless
Synonyms for purposelessadj not evidencing any purpose or goalRelated WordsAntonymsadj serving no useful purposeSynonyms- otiose
- superfluous
- wasted
- pointless
- senseless
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