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objectless

American  
[ob-jikt-lis, -jekt-] / ˈɒb dʒɪkt lɪs, -dʒɛkt- /

adjective

  1. not directed toward any goal; purposeless; aimless.

  2. having no object.

    an objectless preposition.


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Etymology

Origin of objectless

First recorded in 1795–1805; object + -less

Example Sentences

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Sonja’s is an objectless yearning, deeper than nostalgia.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018

From this point the novel becomes a series of aimless events and objectless soliloquies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mefferd's piece is unique in that it is wholly objectless art �everything happens on and to the retina without mediation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet a chance traveller might pass by; and I wish no eye to see me now: strangers would wonder what I am doing, lingering here at the sign-post, evidently objectless and lost.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

It was the same vehicle whence, a year ago, I had alighted one summer evening on this very spot—how desolate, and hopeless, and objectless!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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