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purposed

ADJECTIVE

deliberate

Synonyms

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calculated careful cautious cold-blooded conscious meticulous premeditated prudent purposeful studious thoughtful willful

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advised considered designed express fixed intended judged planned pondered prearranged predetermined projected reasoned resolved schemed studied weighed

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aforethought cut-and-dried designful done on purpose predesigned predeterminate prepense provident purposive scrupulous thought-out voluntary wary with forethought witting

Antonyms

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careless heedless ignorant imprudent inattentive incautious thoughtless uncareful unmindful

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indefinite unplanned

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chance indeterminate unintentional unmethodical unsystematic unwitting

ADJECTIVE

intentional

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calculated premeditated voluntary willful

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designed

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advised aforethought considered designful done on purpose intended meant meditated planned prearranged proposed studied unforced willing witting

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involuntary unwilling

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accidental unintentional unplanned

ADJECTIVE

premeditated

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calculated conscious deliberate intentional willful

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advised considered contrived designed fixed rigged studied

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aforethought framed up laid-out prepense set-up sewn-up stacked deck thought-out

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unintentional

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unplanned

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accidental casual spontaneous

ADJECTIVE

proposed

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expected planned prospective recommended scheduled suggested

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advanced advised arranged considered contemplated designed determined intended moved pressed proffered schemed submitted urged volunteered

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contingent

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QCi said Monday that the foundry, “currently purposed for research and development and prototyping,” had begun to generate early revenue, though contributions weren’t broken out in the report.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

If the purposed minimum pay rate does go through, it'll be the first of its kind nationwide.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2023

“I stood next to the job for four years. I purposed to be ready every day for four years,” Pence said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

“There are no awards. There are no winners or losers tonight. It’s just our passion that makes our heart beat faster. It makes our life so much more greatly purposed with joy and fulfillment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2023

I do not know how, purposed with so high & noble Aims, we end thus in Ruin.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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