purposelessness

Noun

Meaning

the quality of lacking any definite purpose

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

aimlessness chance accident fate coincidence absurdity vanity futility emptiness fluke insignificance banality hollowness randomness happenstance
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Antonyms

purposefulness galaxy use point design idea
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Hypernyms

meaninglessness

Examples

A theme that appears repeatedly in the writings of the social critics of the second half of the 20th century is the sense of purposelessness that afflicts many people in modern society. Theodore Kaczynski

Close letter words and terms

purposefulness purposeless purposelessly purposelike purposely purposer