Definition of "purposeless" [pur•pose•less]

• Lacking a purpose; meaningless or aimless. (adjective)

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• "And they often "ride with passengers on what we call 'purposeless trips,'" McNaull says."
• "By the time Weinberg unveiled his gloomy view, the notion of a purposeless, meaningless universe was already on a roll in science."
• "'Rational ignorance' and psychological bias are perfectly compatible; it has to be understood that rationality itself is 'purposeless', it makes no commands, demands nothing."