purposeless
Americanadjective
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having no purpose or apparent meaning.
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having no aim or goal; aimless.
to lead a purposeless existence.
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“So, in a way, my life seems purposeless now,” Wright continues.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
In a crisis of this magnitude, finding the emotional space to care about a single death can feel purposeless, unnecessary.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2020
They’ve come to perceive themselves as dispensable, uncared-for, purposeless.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2020
The backboards have a bare, blank, dead, purposeless look.
From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2020
“One area in the heart of the city was just a desert of ruins. Only the street remained, running empty and purposeless between heaps of fallen masonry.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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