purposeless

Example Sentences

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“So, in a way, my life seems purposeless now,” Wright continues.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

“Real life is purposeless, anarchic, accidental, chaotic, unjust,” he said during a recent video call.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

In a crisis of this magnitude, finding the emotional space to care about a single death can feel purposeless, unnecessary.

From The Guardian • May 2, 2020

The backboards have a bare, blank, dead, purposeless look.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2020

Approached in the dark the swaying bulbs looked lonely and purposeless.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou