"purposeless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-purposeless.ogg Forms: more purposeless [comparative], most purposeless [superlative]
Etymology: From purpose + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|purpose|less}} purpose + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} purposeless (comparative more purposeless, superlative most purposeless)
  1. Without purpose. Derived forms: purposelessly, purposelessness Translations (without purpose): εἰκαῖος (eikaîos) (Ancient Greek), безцелен (bezcelen) (Bulgarian), doelloos (Dutch), sencela (Esperanto), tarkoitukseton (Finnish), tilgangslaus (Icelandic), бағытсыз (bağytsyz) (Kazakh), betikslis [masculine] (Lithuanian), makihoi (Maori), bezcelowy (Polish)
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