Purposeless
Purposeless adjective - Not evidencing any purpose or goal.
Shiftless and purposeless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shiftless" instead an adjective "Purposeless".
Nearby Words: purpose, purposeful
Shiftless
Shiftless adjective - Not easily aroused to action or work.
Purposeless and shiftless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Purposeless" instead an adjective "Shiftless".
Nearby Word: shifty
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- stray and purposeless
- stray and shiftless
- worthless and purposeless
- worthless and shiftless
- hopeless and purposeless
- hopeless and shiftless
- idle and purposeless
- idle and shiftless
- good-for-nothing and purposeless
- good-for-nothing and shiftless
- ineffective and purposeless
- ineffective and shiftless
- useless and purposeless
- useless and shiftless
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