objectless
Lacking any purpose
Objectless describes something without an object or aim.
In grammar, an objectless verb lacks a direct object: She sings versus She sings a song.
More broadly, objectless can mean purposeless or aimless—activity without direction or goal: objectless wandering, objectless anxiety.
The word is formal and uncommon.
Having no direction
- directionlessWithout aim or guidance
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
- driftingMoving without purpose
wandering · meandering · adrift · lost · unsettled · floating · vague · indecisive
Holding nothing inside
bare · devoid · vacuous · unoccupied · unfilled · cleared · stripped · evacuated
Verb requiring no object
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- targetlessHaving no aim
- undirectedLacking aim or guidance
- formlessLacking definite shape
abstract · unconditioned · indeterminate · phenomenological · unattached
aimless
Having no direction
- directionlessWithout aim or guidance
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
drifting · wandering · meandering · adrift · lost · unsettled · floating · vague · indecisive · random
empty
Holding nothing inside
blank · bare · devoid · vacuous · unoccupied · unfilled · cleared · stripped · evacuated · gutted
intransitive
Verb requiring no object
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- targetlessHaving no aim
- undirectedLacking aim or guidance
formless · abstract · unconditioned · indeterminate · phenomenological · unattached
objectlessgoal-oriented
Focused on objectives
purposeful · directed · intentional · targeted · purposive
object, objective, objection, subjective, objectivity, objector, objectionable, objectify, objectification