purposeless
adjective
having no purpose or apparent meaning.
purposelessness
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a word derived from
purposeless.
Example Sentences
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The chaos that ensued from the fall of the Soviet Union only exacerbated the situation of widespread and untreated post-traumatic stress and an overall sense of purposelessness experienced by thousands of ex-soldiers.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
It might haunt you, but it has no bearing on the purposelessness of your current existence.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2019
The pain at the center of this study of human purposelessness can be hard to take for someone unprepared for the bright glare of Beckett’s unbounded bleakness.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2018
What was going on: The same alienation and purposelessness that once defined his life had come to characterize that of so many others.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2017
As he looked out at the rows of men welcoming him, he felt the old shame of poverty, failure, and purposelessness melt away.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
