"purposeless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpɝpəsləs/ Audio: en-us-purposeless.ogg [US] Forms: purposeless [positive], more purposeless [comparative], most purposeless [superlative]
Etymology: purpose + -less Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|purpose|less}} purpose + -less Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is purposeless, it is without purpose.
    Sense id: simple-purposeless-en-adj-xhQ2lwxG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -less
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