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PURPOSELESSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of lacking any definite purpose

Synonyms:

aimlessness; purposelessness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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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