"purposelessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From purposeless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|purposeless|ness}} purposeless + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} purposelessness (uncountable)
  1. The state of being purposeless. Tags: uncountable Translations (state of being purposeless): ματαιότης (mataiótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), senceleco (Esperanto), céltalanság (Hungarian), fánaíocht [feminine] (Irish), бағытсыздық (bağytsyzdyq) (Kazakh), bezcelowość [feminine] (Polish)
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