purposelessness
- 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
He falls into the gaps between huge concepts: youth and age, purpose and purposelessness, progress and stasis.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018
Reasons for this devastating number include isolation and purposelessness.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2017
The new attitudes seem to have arisen out of a growing sense of the war’s purposelessness, leading to broad disenchantment.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2014
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
