unpurposed

Example Sentences

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So unpurposed does cult grow up that it combines many elements of diverse origin, and is seldom precisely and wholly in accordance with the creed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

A most unhappy place, this leafless Grove In the near suburbs; not a place for tears Nor for light laughter, for all life is chilled With the unpurposed toil of many years.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas

They are like tones of music, commencing and ending with the unpurposed breath that makes them.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

It was written in very small characters—perhaps an unpurposed indication of the misgiving with which she allowed herself to pen the words.

From The Odd Women by Gissing, George

On the contrary, we are the product of millions of years of an unpurposed evolution.

From An Atheist Manifesto by Lewis, Joseph