单词	purposelessness
释义	purposelesspur‧pose‧less /ˈpɜːpəsləs $ ˈpɜːr-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The violence is purposeless and impulsive. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Darwinist dogma that asserts life began and developed by a sequence of purposeless random accidents remains a metaphysical belief. He felt as though he lived in a purposeless world. It is purposeless to try to summarise what was said. It is certainly true that more roses are ruined by incorrect or purposeless cutting than any other cause. The chief effect is to highlight the horror of the desolate and pre-human world of purposeless suffering. When we lay together at night, there was something purposeless in our pleasure. Word family WORD FAMILYnounpurposepurposefulness ≠ purposelessnessadverbpurposefully ≠ purposelesslypurposelyadjectivepurposeful ≠ purposeless not having a clear aim or purpose OPP  purposeful:  hours of purposeless activity—purposelessly adverb—purposelessness noun [uncountable]
随便看	proprietor proprietorial proprietorially proprietress propriety props propulsion propulsive pro rata prorate prosaic prosaically proscenium proscribe proscription prose prosecute prosecution prosecutor proselytize proselytizer proselytizing Proserpina prosodic prosody

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