Antonyms for purposeful
ˈpɜr pəs fəlpur·pose·ful

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1. purposefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   focused, nose to the grindstone, determined

2. purposefuladjective

   Having purpose; intentional.

   Synonyms:
   determined, nose to the grindstone, focused

3. purposefuladjective

   Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.

   Synonyms:
   nose to the grindstone, focused, determined

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1. purposefuladjective

   serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

   Antonyms:
   rudderless, afloat(p), meaningless, adrift(p), nonmeaningful, desultory, directionless, planless, purposeless, undirected, aimless

2. purposefuladjective

   having meaning through having an aim

   "led a happy purposeful life"

   Antonyms:
   desultory, rudderless, aimless, adrift(p), meaningless, nonmeaningful, undirected, directionless, planless, purposeless, afloat(p)

How to use purposeful in a sentence?

1. Sarah Palin:

   Trump is the candidate giving voice to untold millions of fed-up Americans witnessing a purposeful destruction of our economy and the equal opportunity for success that made America exceptional, we're watching career politicians throw away our kids' future through bankrupting public budgets and ripping open our porous borders which, obvious to all us non-politicians, puts us at great risk.

2. Queensland Police Commissioner Katrina Carroll:

   Some of the fires have involved children playing and obviously the consequences are dire as a result of that and ... some of them have been purposeful and malicious, people can die. Buildings and residences are being destroyed.

3. John Podesta:

   Wonder if tomorrow night, we should be more purposeful about generating the ‘U-S-A, U-S-A' chants during her riff about the need for togetherness and unity … with people holding the little American flags.

4. Jon Stewart:

   TheNew York Times,right, was a giant purveyor of misinformation, and disinformation. I don't know if the Times was purposeful, but misinformation, and that’s as vaunted a media organization as you can find, but there was no accountability for them.

5. Manmohan Singh:

   In the hands of a purposeful government, this could be an opportunity to step up investment in the economy in a big way.

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