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Synonyms for purposelessness in English

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purposelessness:
- aimlessness; purposelessness
purposeless:
- purposeless; aimless; idle; superfluous; wasted; pointless; senseless; otiose

English

Detailed Synonyms for purposelessness in English

purposelessness:

purposelessness [the ~] noun

the purposelessness

– the quality of lacking any definite purpose ¹
the aimlessness; the purposelessness
– the quality of lacking any definite purpose ¹
- aimlessness [the ~] noun
- purposelessness [the ~] noun

Alternate Synonyms for "purposelessness":

aimlessness; meaninglessness

Antonyms for "purposelessness":

purposefulness

Related Definitions for "purposelessness":

the quality of lacking any definite purpose¹

purposelessness form of purposeless:

purposeless adj

purposeless
purposeless; aimless; idle
- purposeless adj
- aimless adj
- idle adj
purposeless

– not evidencing any purpose or goal ¹
purposeless
– not evidencing any purpose or goal ¹
- purposeless adj
purposeless

– serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being ¹
superfluous; wasted; pointless; senseless; purposeless; otiose
– serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being ¹
- superfluous adj
- wasted adj
  - advice is wasted words¹
- pointless adj
  - a pointless remark¹
- senseless adj
  - senseless violence¹
- purposeless adj
  - a life essentially purposeless¹
- otiose adj
  - otiose lines in a play¹

Related Words for "purposeless":

purposelessness, purposelessly

Alternate Synonyms for "purposeless":

adrift; afloat; aimless; directionless; planless; rudderless; undirected; desultory; meaningless; nonmeaningful
pointless; senseless; meaningless; nonmeaningful

Antonyms for "purposeless":

purposeful

Related Definitions for "purposeless":

not evidencing any purpose or goal¹
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being¹
- a life essentially purposeless¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University