"purposeless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-purposeless.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: more purposeless [comparative], most purposeless [superlative]
Etymology: 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), makihoi (Maori), bezcelowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-purposeless-en-adj-OF1T9LLp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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