unpurposing

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adjective

purposeless

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Meanings

adjectiveunpurposing (comparative more unpurposing, superlative most unpurposing)

comparative more unpurposing · superlative most unpurposing

  1. datedpurposeless

    And if so, then these passions, these impulses, cannot be altogether blind and unpurposing.

    1894, Richard Holt Hutton, Criticisms on Contemporary Thought and Thinkers

Origin

From un- + purposing.

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Cite this entry
APA

unpurposing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpurposing

MLA

“unpurposing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpurposing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpurposing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpurposing.

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