designless

ADJECTIVE

haphazard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aimless arbitrary careless casual desultory disorganized erratic half-assed helter-skelter indiscriminate offhand random slapdash uncoordinated

WEAK

accidental all over the map any old way any which way chance devil-may-care disorderly hit-or-miss incidental irregular loose purposeless reckless slipshod spontaneous sudden unconcerned unconscious unconsidered unexpected unmethodical unorganized unpremeditated unsystematic unthinking willy-nilly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careful definite deliberate methodical painstaking particular planned specific systematic

WEAK

designed intentional organized straight thought-out

ADJECTIVE

indiscriminate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aimless extensive haphazard unplanned wholesale

WEAK

assorted broad careless confused desultory general heterogeneous hit-or-miss imperceptive jumbled mingled miscellaneous mixed mongrel motley multifarious promiscuous purposeless shallow spot superficial sweeping unconsidered uncritical undiscriminating unmethodical unselective unsystematic varied variegated wide

Antonyms

STRONGEST

planned

WEAK

chosen critical definite discriminatory methodical particular selective specific systematic

ADJECTIVE

irregular

Synonyms

STRONGEST

capricious erratic intermittent jerky sporadic uneven unreliable

STRONG

aberrant eccentric faltering shifting weaving

WEAK

aimless casual changeable desultory disconnected discontinuous fitful fluctuating fragmentary haphazard hit-or-miss inconstant indiscriminate infrequent nonuniform occasional out of order patchy purposeless recurrent shaky spasmodic uncertain unconsidered unmethodical unpunctual unsettled unsteady unsystematic up and down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

constant continuous dependable regular reliable smooth steady

STRONG

normal

WEAK

common conventional even flat level methodical standard systematic usual

ADJECTIVE

purposeless

Synonyms

WEAK

aimless desultory drifting empty feckless floundering fustian goalless good-for-nothing haphazard hit-or-miss indiscriminate irregular meaningless motiveless needless nonsensical pointless purportless random senseless uncalled for undirected unhelpful unnecessary unplanned unprofitable unpurposed vacuous wanton worthless

Antonyms

WEAK

decided deliberate determined planned purposeful significant useful

ADJECTIVE

random

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accidental aimless arbitrary incidental indiscriminate irregular odd unplanned

WEAK

adventitious by-the-way casual contingent desultory driftless fluky fortuitous hit-or-miss objectless promiscuous purposeless slapdash spot stray unaimed unconsidered unpremeditated

Antonyms

STRONGEST

essential methodical planned systematic

WEAK

definite particular specific

Example Sentences

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Ugly, designless creatures caused him to cease to look for deity in nature, where all happens by chance.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

This is embodiment and highest ex-pression; the scattered, uncertain, and designless loveliness of tree and sunlight brought to shape.

From The Story of My Heart An Autobiography by Jefferies, Richard

If he can believe this, we cannot conceive why he may not believe that the whole universe is designless and self-created.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The coils and turns upon this leaf, like many other markings of nature, form a designless design, the idea of which is not traceable back to a mind.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard

He informs us that lightning is designless and self-created.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

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