nonpurposive

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpurposive
Adjective
  • From awkward silences and Wi-Fi lags to unintentional mute mishaps, there are countless ways virtual conversations can detract from your personal brand.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • One organization is notorious for an unintentional form of this prejudice: animal shelters.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Her old boss Raymond King (J.K. Simmons), someone Chris had helped, was shot dead in LA and left a wall of random evidence involving a broken family, human trafficking and global assassinations.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The company, which started in 2015 and sells itself as a meal kit service, is actually closer to an online grocery store than a place that’s going to send you half an onion wrapped in plastic and a tiny baggy of cumin to make some so-so black bean tacos or a random stir fry.
    Carina Finn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The public, too, could become less tolerant of state action as DOGE’s drive to move fast yields haphazard mistakes.
    Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Too often, deals in the creator space are haphazard or misaligned.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Defendant referred to victim in past tense, detective testifies Cousins’ status as a possible suspect was strengthened by his inadvertent language missteps in his first interview with a Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Unit detective, the jury learned on Tuesday.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Skinner has been out of commission since getting an inadvertent knee in the head from the Dallas Stars’ Mikko Rantanen on March 26.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Nonpurposive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpurposive. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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