Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of being without object or purpose.
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- noun The state or condition of being
objectless .
Etymologies
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objectless + -ness
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Examples
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It is like a big picnic without the objectlessness of a picnic.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Various
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Did the objectlessness of this education of hers pall upon the energy of her nature more and more?
A Christmas Accident and Other Stories Annie Eliot Trumbull 1903
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It was not the severity of the labor that destroyed their minds, but the uselessness and objectlessness of it.
The Subterranean Brotherhood Julian Hawthorne 1890
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