as in aimless
having or seeming to have no purpose or reason
I have to go to another purposeless meeting tonight. purposeless suffering
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Recent Examples of purposeless
Nearly half acknowledged mental health issues, and 34% felt their lack of personal relationships was a factor that contributed to feeling purposeless.
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Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
The small depression sitting in the middle of their abdomen might seem purposeless, like the body’s own errata.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Avoid purposeless arguments online — stick with real-life relationships that need fixing.
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Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2026
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
The small depression sitting in the middle of their abdomen might seem purposeless, like the body’s own errata.
—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Avoid purposeless arguments online — stick with real-life relationships that need fixing.
—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purposeless
Adjective
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Liam, once aimless and unhoused, quickly finds purpose in the charade as a husband and father.
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The book is structured as a quest to figure out why a class of aimless young men in late-Thatcherist Blighty get their kicks out of getting paralytically drunk and bashing one another half to death every weekend.
Adjective
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Relatively meaningless but still badass.
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At its core, unlike those meaningless marketing terms, ‘regenerative,’ when used responsibly, is legitimately full of deep meaning and has the potential to make significant human and environmental change when adopted at scale.
Adjective
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Promising young filmmakers, having cobbled together haphazard budgets for an Easy Rider or Bonnie and Clyde couldn’t find coherent support for new ideas.
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In the early 2000s, especially, Ashley favored haphazard updos, with layers falling from the sides, as seen at the spring 2005 Marc Jacobs show in New York.
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Three other people in the vehicle, including a 6-month-old, had minor injuries, the report said.
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The adult and child had minor to moderate injuries and were taken to the hospital, the fire department said.
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Selena Gomez took the little black dress to a new level ahead of longtime friend Taylor Swift’s wedding.
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That little green or yellow can in the grocery store that boasts pictures of pears, cherries, grapes, and other fruit on the label?
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At any rate, upon election my first official act would be to file legislation to do away with the useless job.
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An ultra-secure cloud environment is useless if the identity management policy is lax or if access privileges are not reviewed on a strict need-to-know basis.
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Less friction for good actors, less room for bad actors, and less pointless duplication for everyone else, all the while protecting platforms from data breaches and litigation.
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But filming an empty field is pointless.
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In 2024, roughly 48,800 Americans died by suicide, a slight decrease from the peak of nearly 49,500 deaths in this manner in 2022.
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Matching trousers stayed narrow through the hips before loosening down the leg into a slight flare.
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“Purposeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposeless. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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