 |
purposeless
Overview of adj purposeless
The adj purposeless has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. purposeless -- (not evidencing any purpose or goal)
2. pointless, purposeless, senseless -- (lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence")
Grep of noun purposeless
purposelessness
Antonyms of adj purposeless
2 senses of purposeless
Sense 1
purposeless (vs. purposeful)
purposeful (vs. purposeless)
=> businesslike, earnest
=> goal-directed, purposive
=> purpose-built, purpose-made
Sense 2
pointless, purposeless, senseless
INDIRECT (VIA meaningless) -> meaningful
Similarity of adj purposeless
2 senses of purposeless
Sense 1
purposeless (vs. purposeful)
=> adrift(predicate), afloat(predicate), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected
=> desultory
Also See> meaningless#1, nonmeaningful#1
Sense 2
pointless, purposeless, senseless
=> meaningless (vs. meaningful), nonmeaningful
Pertainyms of adj purposeless
Attributes of adj purposeless
Domain of adj purposeless
Domain Terms of adj purposeless
Familiarity of adj purposeless
purposeless used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj purposeless
purposeless
Grep of adv purposeless
purposelessly
|
|
