Usually means: Lack of meaning or direction.
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  1. purposelessness: Merriam-Webster
  2. purposelessness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. purposelessness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. purposelessness: Vocabulary.com
  5. purposelessness: Wordnik
  6. purposelessness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. purposelessness: Wiktionary
  8. purposelessness: Dictionary.com
  9. purposelessness: Rhymezone
  10. purposelessness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. purposelessness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. purposelessness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. purposelessness: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The state of being purposeless.

Similar:
aimlessness, unpurposefulness, unpurpose, meaninglessness, goallessness, whateverness, planlessness, pointlessness, causelessness, placelessness, more...

Opposite:
purposefulness, intentionality, meaning, direction, goal-directedness

Types:
aimlessness, futility, pointlessness, uselessness, more...

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Similar:
aimlessness, unpurposefulness, unpurpose, meaninglessness, goallessness, whateverness, planlessness, pointlessness, causelessness, placelessness, more...

Opposite:
purposefulness, intentionality, meaning, direction, goal-directedness

Types:
aimlessness, futility, pointlessness, uselessness, more...



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