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objectless

objectless adjective: without a purpose.

Adjective

objectless (not comparable)

  1. Without a purpose.
    • 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. Without a grammatical object.

Origin of objectless

From object + -less.

Words formed from objectless

Questions about objectless

What does objectless mean?
Objectless means without a purpose.
What part of speech is objectless?
Objectless is an adjective.

Words near objectless in the dictionary

  1. objectizations
  2. objectize
  3. objectized
  4. objectizes
  5. objectizing
  6. objectless
  7. objectlessly
  8. objectlessness
  9. objectlike
  10. objectness
  11. objectnesses

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