Unpurpose
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Lack or absence of purpose; purposelessness. rare, uncountable
"And being. Cant and braggart insolence, And inutility and thoughts which veer From purpose to unpurpose, and the sneer Upon the thin lips of experience, Flee from thy sight as snows when the intense Sun of forgotten summers greets the year."
Verb
- 1 To deprive of a purpose; to remove or derail the purpose of. transitive
"O, Goodness ! help me to unplan that plan, and to unpurpose that purpose !"
Example
More examples"And being. Cant and braggart insolence, And inutility and thoughts which veer From purpose to unpurpose, and the sneer Upon the thin lips of experience, Flee from thy sight as snows when the intense Sun of forgotten summers greets the year."
Etymology
From un- + purpose.
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