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3 purposeless
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4 purpose
['pə:pəs]1) (the reason for doing something; the aim to which an action etc is directed: What is the purpose of your visit?) but, objet2) (the use or function of an object: The purpose of this lever is to stop the machine in an emergency.) utilité3) (determination: a man of purpose.) détermination•- purposefully - purposeless - purposely - purpose-built - on purpose - serve a purpose - to no purpose -
5 empty
B adj1 ( lacking people) [room, building, theatre, beach, street] désert ; [desk] libre ; to stand empty [house, office] être inoccupé ;2 ( lacking contents) [container, pocket] vide ; [desktop] débarrassé ; [diary, page] vierge ; [stomach] vide ;3 ( unfulfilled) [promise, threat] en l'air ; [argument, dream, rhetoric] creux/creuse ; [gesture] vide de sens, dénué de sens ; empty of meaning vide de sens, dénué de sens ;4 ( purposeless) [life, days, person] vide (of de).■ empty out [building, container, public place, vehicle] se vider ; [river] se jeter ; [contents] se répandre ;▶ empty [sth] out, empty out [sth]1 ( clear) vider [building, theatre, container, mind] ;
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Purposeless — Pur pose*less, a. Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. {Pur pose*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
purposeless — index arbitrary and capricious, casual, expendable, nugatory, random, unavailing, unintentional, unwitting … Law dictionary
purposeless — [adj] useless, insignificant aimless, designless, desultory, drifting, empty, feckless, floundering, fustian, goalless, good for nothing*, haphazard, hit or miss*, indiscriminate, irregular, meaningless, motiveless, needless, nonsensical,… … New thesaurus
purposeless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ done with or having no purpose. DERIVATIVES purposelessly adverb purposelessness noun … English terms dictionary
purposeless — [pʉr′pəs ləs] adj. not purposeful; aimless purposelessly adv. purposelessness n … English World dictionary
purposeless — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)pəsləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If an action is purposeless, it does not seem to have a sensible purpose. Time may also be wasted in purposeless meetings... Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless? Syn: senseless, pointless … English dictionary
purposeless — purposelessly, adv. purposelessness, n. /perr peuhs lis/, adj. 1. having no purpose or apparent meaning. 2. having no aim or goal; aimless: to lead a purposeless existence. [1545 55; PURPOSE + LESS] * * * … Universalium
purposeless — pur|pose|less [ˈpə:pəsləs US ˈpə:r ] adj not having a clear aim or purpose ▪ hours of purposeless activity >purposelessly adv >purposelessness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
purposeless — pur|pose|less [ pɜrpəsləs ] adjective lacking a useful purpose: the purposeless lives of the very rich … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
purposeless — adjective not having a clear aim or purpose: a purposeless existence on the streets of London purposelessly adverb purposelessness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
purposeless — UK [ˈpɜː(r)pəsləs] / US [ˈpɜrpəsləs] adjective lacking a useful purpose the purposeless lives of the very rich … English dictionary