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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

created or done for no reason or purpose; having no aim or purpose;

e.g. Her reorganization of the cupboard was purposeless, since it was fine to begin with.

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Similar Words

Aimless

Contingent

Empty

Forgiving

Frivolous

Haphazard

Inadmissible

Inane

Inconsequential

Inconsiderable

Indiscriminating

Insignificant

Irrational

Little

Meaningless

Minor

Negligible

Nondeliberate

Nonpurposive

Pointless

Scattershot

Shotgun

Slight

Trifling

Trivial

Uncalculated

Undiscriminating

Unfussy

Unimportant

Unreasonable

Unsystematic

Useless

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Opposite Words

Advised

Aforethought

Applicable

Apposite

Apropos

Calculated

Conscious

Consequential

Considered

Deliberate

Eloquent

Eventful

Expressive

Germane

Important

Intended

Intentional

Key

Major

Material

Meaningful

Measured

Momentous

Pertinent

Pointed

Pregnant

Premeditated

Premeditative

Prepense

Purposeful

Purposive

Relative

Relevant

Revealing

Set

Significant

Studied

Substantial

Suggestive

Telling

Thoughtful

Valid

Voluntary

Weighty

Willed

Willful

Witting

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Related Words

Aimless

Arbitrary

Catch-as-catch-can

Desultory

Empty

Erratic

Haphazard

Helter-skelter

Hit-or-miss

Inane

Meaningless

Pointless

Random

Senseless

Slapdash

Stray

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