I am not convinced that it was entirely purposeless.
It is quite impossible for us to have a purposeless economy.
Our great cities are being engulfed in a rising tide of senseless, mindless, purposeless destruction—which worries a great many people.
But most cases of vandalism, such as defacing a wall, wrecking the windows of a bus shelter, or wrecking an occupied council flat, are purposeless.
I believe that the men who do not undertake such a feasibility study will be condemned by the nation for subjecting it to purposeless stagnation.
Is it surprising that we are creating a desperately unhappy, purposeless, valueless underclass when we pay youngsters to do nothing?
Why should we seek guidance from a purely purposeless nature in which the name of the game seems to be the dominance of the mightiest, until they, too, must die?
Sydenham's chorea is a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by emotional instability, muscular weakness, and purposeless but conscious movements.