Definition as Adjective

• not evidencing any purpose or goal
• serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

Definition as Adjective

• (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
• serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
• not used to good advantage

• otiose, pointless, senseless, superfluous, wasted

• atrophied, diminished

• cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal

• otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous

• squandered

• "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"

• "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

• "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

• "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"

• "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort"

• Purposeless vs otiose
• Purposeless vs pointless
• Purposeless vs senseless
• Purposeless vs superfluous
• Purposeless vs wasted
• Purposeless vs atrophied
• Purposeless vs diminished
• Purposeless vs cadaverous
• Purposeless vs emaciated
• Purposeless vs gaunt
• Purposeless vs haggard
• Purposeless vs pinched
• Purposeless vs skeletal
• Purposeless vs purposeless
• Purposeless vs squandered

• Wasted vs otiose
• Wasted vs pointless
• Wasted vs senseless
• Wasted vs superfluous
• Wasted vs wasted
• Wasted vs atrophied
• Wasted vs diminished
• Wasted vs cadaverous
• Wasted vs emaciated
• Wasted vs gaunt
• Wasted vs haggard
• Wasted vs pinched
• Wasted vs skeletal
• Wasted vs purposeless
• Wasted vs squandered