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Definitions for purposeless
ˈpɜr pəs lɪspur·pose·less

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. purposelessadjective

    not evidencing any purpose or goal

  2. otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wastedadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. purposelessadjective

    Without purpose.

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  1. purposeless

    Purposeless refers to something that lacks a definite aim, reason, or goal. It generally means having no significant value, usefulness, intentions, or function.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Purposelessadjective

    having no purpose or result; objectless

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of purposeless in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of purposeless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of purposeless in a Sentence

  1. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    Only when you go beyond Mind, will you be able to respect the energy that inhabits us; until then you will either exploit others with your energy or will deplete your energy, leading a purposeless life!

  2. Osho, My Way: The Way of The White Clouds:

    Your existence is so tiny.You cannot fight,you cannot conquer. It is impossible to conceive how an individual unit can conquer the whole.And if the whole is purposeless and you are with purpose,you are going to be defeated.

  3. Betty Naomi Friedan:

    American housewives have not had their brains shot away, nor are they schizophrenic in the clinical sense. But if ... the fundamental human drive is not the urge for pleasure or the satisfaction of biological needs, but the need to grow and to realize one's full potential, their comfortable, empty, purposeless days are indeed cause for a nameless terror.

  4. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    Only when you go beyond Mind, will you be able to respect the energy that inhabits us; until then you will either exploit others with your energy or will deplete your energy, leading a purposeless life!”

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