unpurposing

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ purposing

Adjective[edit]

unpurposing (comparative more unpurposing, superlative most unpurposing)

  1. (dated) purposeless
    • 1894, Richard Holt Hutton, Criticisms on Contemporary Thought and Thinkers:
      And if so, then these passions, these impulses, cannot be altogether blind and unpurposing.