See aimlessness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezcílnost"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"word": "senceleco"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ziellosigkeit"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "eikaiótēs",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εἰκαιότης"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"word": "céltalanság"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fánaíocht"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezcelowość"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezprzedmiotowość"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "bescélʹnostʹ",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бесце́льность"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction",
"word": "amaçsızlık"
}
],
"word": "aimlessness"
}
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