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unpurpose

noun

Etymology

From un- + purpose.

  1. derived from propono
  2. derived from prō-
  3. derived from purposer
  4. inherited from purpos
  5. prefixed as unpurpose — “un + purpose”

Definitions

  1. Lack or absence of purpose

    Lack or absence of purpose; purposelessness.

    • Countless demolitions and re-edifications; a thorough unpurpose, so it seems, a thorough futility, that appears to be the truth and what could be more afflicting to an historian?
    • A devil has his purpose. Between these Hangs my unpurpose. So vast is my unpurpose! So pure is its cause! Between me and my unpurpose Blooms God decisive Without laws.

  2. To deprive of a purpose

    To deprive of a purpose; to remove or derail the purpose of.

    • O, Goodness ! help me to unplan that plan, and to unpurpose that purpose !
    • Manifestly so; for by what likelihood Had I endured against fourteen knights all armed And purposed, I unpurposed and unarmed, Save innocency stood my friend?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unpurpose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA