purposelessness
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈpɜː.pəs.ləs.nəs/ us /ˈpɝː.pəs.ləs.nəs/
the lack of a clear intention: 缺乏目地;用意含糊
He occupies a world of futility and purposelessness.他生活在一个努力无结果、生活无目标的的世界。
The boy experienced a sense of purposelessness.男孩有缺乏目标的感觉。
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purposeless
Some people see purposelessness or a lack of meaning in life.
She had a sense of purposelessness after giving up her job.
It is a culture of haste and purposelessness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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adrift
aimless
aimlessly
aimlessness
airy-fairy
fruitless
fruitlessly
fruitlessness
futile
futilely
negate
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no goodidiom
non-viable
nugatory
unrealistic
unrealistically
unseriousness
until you are blue in the faceidiom
unviability
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