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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

objectless en · ADJ

Etymology

From object + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without a purpose.
    • For the moment it was a blind, objectless passion, directed against nothing and no one in particular. 1910, Basil King, The Wild Olive:
    • You cannot imagine, dearest, how dreary is this idle objectless life to me; with nothing to employ me--not even correspondence. 1843, Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - April 1843:
    • You assume, I think quite gratuitously, that God condemns the major part of His children to objectless future suffering. 1893, Annie Besant, Annie Besant:
  2. (not-comparable) Without a grammatical object.

Deriveds

objectlessness · objectlessly

Translations (2)

pl bezprzedmiotowy (without purpose) · ru беспредметный (without purpose)