Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purposelessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: pur-pose-less-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being purposeless.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: pointlessness, meaninglessness, uselessness"
"he used to be plain Charles, a vessel for moaning and waiting and a certain kind of purposelessness."

Etymology

Etymology tree English purposeless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English purposelessness From purposeless + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

pointlessness meaninglessness uselessness aimlessness

Questions

What does purposelessness mean?: The state of being purposeless.
Where does purposelessness come from?: Etymology tree English purposeless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English purposelessness From purposeless + -ness.

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