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purposelessness

pur·pose·less
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pur-puh s-lis]
    • /ˈpɜr pəs lɪs/
    • /ˈpɜːpəslɪsnəs /
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pur-puh s-lis]
    • /ˈpɜr pəs lɪs/

Definitions of purposelessness word

  • adjective purposelessness having no purpose or apparent meaning. 1
  • adjective purposelessness having no aim or goal; aimless: to lead a purposeless existence. 1
See all 2 definitions of purposelessness

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Origin of purposelessness

First appearance:

before 1545
One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1545-55; purpose + -less

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Parts of speech for Purposelessness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Purposelessness

purposelessness popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

purposelessness usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for purposelessness

noun purposelessness

  • absurdness — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
  • aimlessness — The state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction.
  • emptiness — The state of containing nothing.
  • meaninglessness — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
All 4 Synonyms of purposelessness

Antonyms for purposelessness

noun purposelessness

  • aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
  • desiderata — something wanted or needed.
  • desideratum — something lacked and wanted
All 3 Antonyms of purposelessness

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