Definition & Meaning of "purposeless"in English

purposeless

lacking a meaningful aim

Grammatical Information

Composition

Compound

qualitative

Superlative

most purposeless

Comparative

more purposeless

gradable

Examples

He felt purposeless after losing his job.

not serving any practical or meaningful function

bootless

fruitless

futile

moot

otiose

Examples

The extra decorations on the project seemed purposeless, as they didn't add to its effectiveness.

Lexical Tree

purposelessly

purposelessness

purposeless

purpose

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