Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defeat the purpose

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
de-feat the pur-pose
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undermine the act of doing something by having an opposite effect; to nullify.

Inflected Forms

defeats the purpose (present, singular) defeating the purpose (participle, present) defeated the purpose (participle, past) defeated the purpose (past)

Questions

What does defeat the purpose mean?
To undermine the act of doing something by having an opposite effect; to nullify.

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