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unpurposed

adj

Etymology

From un- + purposed.

  1. derived from propono
  2. derived from prō-
  3. derived from purposer
  4. inherited from purpos
  5. suffixed as purposed — “purpose + ed”
  6. prefixed as unpurposed — “un + purposed”

Definitions

  1. Without purpose.

    • ‘Your questions about Mrs Jepp, I can’t possibly answer them, ‘said Mervyn, looking at his watch but unpurposed, settling into his chair […]

  2. Not deliberate.

    • When I did make thee free, sworest thou not then To do this when I bade thee? Do it at once; Or thy precedent services are all But accidents unpurposed.
    • 1640, William Whately, Prototypes, London: Edward Langham, The Thirteenth Example, pp. 199-200, […] the Lord will surely accept him and forgive his unpurposed offences and sinnes of meere weakenesse and frailty.
    • It was written in very small characters—perhaps an unpurposed indication of the misgivings with which she allowed herself to pen the words.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unpurposed. 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