purposeless
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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Adjective
1.3.1
Derived terms
1.3.2
Translations
English
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]
Etymology
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edit
]
purpose
+
-less
Pronunciation
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edit
]
Audio (Mid-Atlantic)
(
file
)
Adjective
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purposeless
(
comparative
more
purposeless
,
superlative
most
purposeless
)
Without
purpose
.
2008
, Luo Ji,
The Dark Forest
[1]
,
→ISBN
:
Turbulence was everywhere, within every blade of grass, every drop of dew on a leaf, every cloud in the sky, and every star beyond. The turbulence was
purposeless
, but in huge quantities of purposeless turbulence, purpose took shape.
Derived terms
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purposelessly
purposelessness
Translations
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without purpose
Bulgarian:
безцелен
(bg)
(
bezcelen
)
Dutch:
doelloos
(nl)
Esperanto:
sencela
Finnish:
tarkoitukseton
(fi)
Greek:
Ancient Greek:
εἰκαῖος
(
eikaîos
)
Icelandic:
tilgangslaus
(is)
Kazakh:
бағытсыз
(
bağytsyz
)
Maori:
makihoi
Polish:
bezcelowy
(pl)
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