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Pronunciation / Transliteration: bina udyashya
"यह काम बिना उद्देश्य है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having no purpose or aim.
"The meeting felt purposeless, as no decisions were made." - 2
Lacking significance or meaning.
"He found the endless discussions to be purposeless."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'purposeless' is derived from the combination of 'purpose', which comes from the Old French 'porpos' (meaning 'intention, aim') and the suffix '-less', indicating absence. The term has evolved in English since the late 14th century to denote a lack of purpose or aim.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Purposeless" is said worldwide
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sans but
Transliteration: sɑ̃ by
"Cette tâche semble sans but."
zwecklos
Transliteration: tsvek.los
"Die Diskussion war völlig zwecklos."
senza scopo
Transliteration: sen.tsa ˈsko.po
"Questa riunione è stata senza scopo."
sin propósito
Transliteration: sin proˈposito
"La tarea era sin propósito."
sem propósito
Transliteration: sẽj proˈpósito
"A reunião foi sem propósito."
बिना उद्देश्य
Transliteration: bina udyashya
"यह काम बिना उद्देश्य है।"
无目的
Transliteration: wú mùdì
"这项工作是无目的的。"
목적 없는
Transliteration: mokjeog eobsneun
"이 작업은 목적 없는 것입니다."
目的のない
Transliteration: mokuteki no nai
"この作業は目的のないものです。"
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