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purposelessly

/pur-puhs-lis/US // ˈpɜr pəs lɪs //UK // (ˈpɜːpəslɪs) //

毫无目的的,有目的的,有目的地,毫无目的地

Related Words

aimless漫无目的,漫无目的的,无目的,无目的的desultory轻率的,轻率,粗略的,悠闲empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的feckless无所事事,无所作为,无所事事的,无所作为的fustian锈迹斑斑,锈蚀,锈色,锈迹斑斑的good-for-nothing不稂不莠,无用的东西,无用的,无用的人haphazard胡乱,胡乱地,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟hit-or-miss不成功便成仁,不中用,不中用的,屡试不爽indiscriminate不分青红皂白,不分青红皂白的,不分青红皂白地,不加区别地irregular不规范,不规则,不正规,不规则的meaningless无意义,无意义的,没有意义,没有意义的needless不需要,无需,不需,不用nonsensical无稽之谈,无意义的,毫无意义的,无聊的pointless无意义的,无意义,毫无意义,毫无意义的random随机,随机的,随机应变,随意senseless毫无意义,毫无感觉,毫无意义的,无意义unnecessary不需要,不必要,不需要的,不必要的unplanned非计划的,无计划的,非计划性,非计划unprofitable无利可图,无利可图的,不盈利的,无益的vacuous空洞的,空空如也,空洞,空虚的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having no purpose or apparent meaning.
    • : having no aim or goal; aimless: to lead a purposeless existence.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inblindly
Synonyms
aimlessly漫无目的,漫无目的地,漫无目的的,漫无目标frantically慌忙地,慌慌张张地,慌张地,疯狂地indiscriminately不分青红皂白地,不分青红皂白,不分青红皂白的,不加选择地instinctively本能地,本能的,自然而然地,直觉地madly疯狂地,疯狂的,疯狂,疯了wildly疯狂地,野生的,狂野地,野生at random随便,随机,任意,随意confusedly糊里糊涂地,糊涂地,混乱地,糊里糊涂的in all directions四面八方,四面楚歌,四周,四面八方的pell-mell跌跌撞撞,跌跌不休,跌跌撞撞的,跌宕起伏

Examples

  • I watched another three episodes, thinking it might just be a slow start—but no, the amiable, purposeless loafing continues.

  • Early critics called it "a strange, inartistic story" with "purposeless power."

  • Early critics called it 'a strange, inartistic story' with 'purposeless power.'

  • This motion consists almost wholly in apparently purposeless lashing and coiling movements, and continues for many hours.

  • His mind with all its sternness ever tended to clemency, and his constitutional prudence, or measure, forbade purposeless excess.

  • I am sure that the English soldiers, thoughtless though they may be, would not stoop to this sort of purposeless outrage.

  • A cynical, purposeless, brooding life he must live to his last day: there was no healing in all the world for his despair.

  • As he advanced he perceived that the church grew in size, but to him that deceptive harmony seemed purposeless, reprehensible.

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