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PURPOSELESSNESS
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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)