Antonyms for purposeless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pur-puh s-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr pəs lɪs

Definition of purposeless

Origin : 1550s, from purpose (n.) + -less. Related: Purposelessly; purposelessness.

adj useless, insignificant

Example sentences :

It is possible for action to be at once intentional and purposeless.
Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton

And he thought of his own condition—very hopeless and purposeless as it was.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

To take to the mountains would have been a purposeless folly.
Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray

It seems to be a habit of Munich trains to start off in this purposeless way.
Extract from : « Diary of a Pilgrimage » by Jerome K. Jerome

He went as slowly as we, with an indescribable, purposeless gait.
Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell

In the monotony of a purposeless existence, most humans do no more than that.
Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton

Our dip into the early history of South Africa is not purposeless.
Extract from : « Lord Milner's Work in South Africa » by W. Basil Worsfold

When we separated for the night, I felt that my going to bed would be purposeless.
Extract from : « A Stable for Nightmares » by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

It was there in his kindly eyes, in the purposeless fashion in which he fingered his pipe.
Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum

Talk was purposeless and commonplace at first, a painful waiting.
Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland

Synonyms for purposeless

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