# purposeless

**Pronunciation:** /ˈpɜːpəsləs/ · PER-pus-less

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adjective

## Meaning

Without any aim, goal, or reason.

## Examples

- His life felt purposeless after he lost his job.
- The conversation became purposeless as they drifted off-topic.
- She found the repetitive, purposeless tasks of her new role frustrating.

## Synonyms

- aimless — Lacking direction or clear goals.
- futile — Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
- meaningless — Having no significance or value.
- vacuous — Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.

## Antonyms

- purposeful — Having or showing a determination to achieve a goal.
- meaningful — Having or showing significance or value.
- deliberate — Done consciously and intentionally.

## Collocations

- purposeless activity — The prisoners were forced into hours of purposeless activity to break their spirit.
- purposeless wandering — His purposeless wandering through the city streets eventually led him to a hidden park.
- purposeless existence — After retirement, he feared a purposeless existence without his career.

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