purposeless
Example Sentences
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“I have seen the dark: dark stacked upon dark. I have seen such purposeless sorrow. I have seen fear, and dread. I have seen death. Oh, Christopher, the death!”
From Literature
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“So, in a way, my life seems purposeless now,” Wright continues.
From Los Angeles Times
The indirection is not purposeless; Edelman is building the service roads to his main argument.
From New York Times
Meanwhile Kendall has become, in every sense of the word, purposeless now that the competition has finished and he has lost.
From Salon
People who are depressed and suicidal feel helpless, powerless, useless, worthless, meaningless and purposeless.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.