ADJ | purposeless | more purposeless | most purposeless | |
SYNO | otiose | pointless | purposeless | ... |
ADJ positive | comparative | superlative
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- The reasoning was that when an animal is slaughtered, the internal organs are removed and a purposeless negative space is left.
- In essence, McNulty feels purposeless without his adversary, and it is this sense of aimlessness that leads him to transfer to patrol in the Western District and straighten his life out.
- The eponymous "Kahlbaum's syndrome" is a catatonic symptom characterized by continuous and purposeless rhythmic repetition of words and sentences that are meaningless or insignificant (echolalia).
- Automatic behavior is the spontaneous production of purposeless verbal or motor behavior without conscious self-control or self-censorship.
- Cobb was convinced that Alfred North Whitehead was right in viewing both nature and human beings as more than just purposeless machines.
- This literary use is because the cloth type was often used as padding, hence, the purposeless words are "fustian".
- A fidget toy is typically a small object used for pleasant but purposeless activity with the hands (manual fidgeting or stimming).
- He states that if it were, there could be no unplanned or purposeless actions.
- They performed "SUPERLIKERS" at Centrale Fies an hour-long performance of melancholic songs, instructional dance steps and purposeless karaoke.
- South Korean Christian pastor and environmentalist, Choi Byeong-seong (최병성), wrote a book "The Republic of Korea Is Crumbling" (대한민국이 무너지고 있다) that discusses the "purposeless" goals of the project.
- Their airships are stocked and repaired by the Shadows, and they live utterly purposeless lives floating from place to place, occasionally stopping to fish.
- In the big cities, where men lead boring, purposeless lives, Fatty and Moses spread the gospel of Mahagonny, city of gold, among the disillusioned.
- The Grand Prince, after much suffering, died from syphilis on 31 October 1713, sparking a succession crisis and leaving his wife a childless and therefore purposeless widow.
- Writing for "The Spectator" in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, describing it as "purposeless" and "a too romantic manner for [...] taste".
- The relatively light skull was flattened at the forehead, dentition was also small and light; teeth such as the canines were tiny and probably purposeless.
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