purposeless

Example Sentences

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“So, in a way, my life seems purposeless now,” Wright continues.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

She is back in her teenage clothes — back in her teenage life, feeling purposeless without Elvis' presence telling her what to do or feel.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2023

In a crisis of this magnitude, finding the emotional space to care about a single death can feel purposeless, unnecessary.

From The Guardian • May 2, 2020

They’ve come to perceive themselves as dispensable, uncared-for, purposeless.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2020

His father was a dear but somewhat purposeless fellow with the nickname of Bingo who seemed happiest shaking cocktails behind the bar.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times