Adjective
- 1. purposeless (vs. purposeful), adrift(predicate), afloat(predicate), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected, desultory, meaningless#1, nonmeaningful
- usage: not evidencing any purpose or goal
- 2. otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted, worthless (vs. valuable)
- usage: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
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