ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unpurposed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Unpurposed is an adjective meaning Without purpose.

Meaning

Without purpose.

More Meanings

  1. Not deliberate.

Example Sentences

It was written in very small characters—perhaps an unpurposed indication of the misgivings with which she allowed herself to pen the words.
‘Your questions about Mrs Jepp, I can’t possibly answer them, ‘said Mervyn, looking at his watch but unpurposed, settling into his chair […]
When I did make thee free, sworest thou not then To do this when I bade thee? Do it at once; Or thy precedent services are all But accidents unpurposed.
O pitying strangers, since ye will not hear My old blind father, for some tales ye have heard Of his unpurposed sin, Oh, still give ear To a lost maiden, and accept the word I speak for his sake […]

Synonyms for unpurposed

Depending on context, synonyms include aimless, goalless, purposeless, inadvertent, undesigned, unintended.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unpurposing, unpurposeful, unpurposelike, unpurposive, unspecialized, nonpurposive.

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