purposelessness noun[ U ] uk /ˈpɜː.pəs.ləs.nəs/ us /ˈpɝː.pəs.ləs.nəs/ the lack of a clear intention: 缺乏目地;用意含糊 He occupies a world of futility and purposelessness.他生活在一个努力无结果、生活无目标的的世界。 The boy experienced a sense of purposelessness.男孩有缺乏目标的感觉。 See
purposeless Some people see purposelessness or a lack of meaning in life. She had a sense of purposelessness after giving up her job. It is a culture of haste and purposelessness. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Useless and futile adrift aimless aimlessly aimlessness airy-fairy fruitless fruitlessly fruitlessness futile futilely negate negation no goodidiom non-viable nugatory unrealistic unrealistically unseriousness until you are blue in the faceidiom unviability |