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purposeless

3 syllables
adjective
Quick answer

As an adjective, purposeless means without purpose.

Meanings of purposeless

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Without purpose.

  2. Not evidencing any purpose or goal

  3. Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

    “otiose lines in a play”

    “advice is wasted words”

    “a pointless remark”

    Similar: otiose, pointless, senseless, superfluous, wasted

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
otiosepointlesssenselesssuperfluouswasted
Oppositespurposeful

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Nearby words

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