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{ "categories": [ "Terms suffixed with -less" ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "purpose", "2": "less" }, "expansion": "purpose + -less", "name": "ety-suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "purpose + -less", "forms": [ { "form": "purposeless", "tags": [ "positive" ] }, { "form": "more purposeless", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most purposeless", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "more": "true" }, "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "The homework was purposeless because school had already finished." } ], "glosses": [ "If something is purposeless, it is without purpose." ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈpɝpəsləs/" }, { "audio": "en-us-purposeless.ogg", "raw_tags": [ "Audio" ], "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "word": "purposeless" }
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