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purposeless

[pur-puhs-lis] / ˈpɜr pəs lɪs /


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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Meanwhile Kendall has become, in every sense of the word, purposeless now that the competition has finished and he has lost.

From Salon • May 30, 2023

Some red tape is purposeless, but not all of it is.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2021

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

He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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