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PURPOSELESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purposelessness mean? 

PURPOSELESSNESS (noun)
  The noun PURPOSELESSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of lacking any definite purposeplay

  Familiarity information: PURPOSELESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PURPOSELESSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of lacking any definite purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

aimlessness; purposelessness

Hypernyms ("purposelessness" is a kind of...):

meaninglessness (the quality of having no value or significance)

Antonym:

purposefulness (the quality of having a definite purpose)

Derivation:

purposeless (not evidencing any purpose or goal)


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