No purpose
Zip and no purpose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Zip" instead a noun phrase "No purpose".
Zip
Zip noun - Active strength of body or mind.
Both terms in one sentence
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Played straight later in the movie when the true Mandarin himself, Aldrich Killian, murders Maya Hansen in front of Tony (who was zip-tied to a bed frame), for no purpose than to put even more misery on Tony.
Source: Kick The Dog / Film
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Zip and No purpose. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/no_purpose/zip
No purpose & Zip. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/no_purpose/zip>.
Zip or No purpose. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/no_purpose/zip.
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