MOTIVELESS

motiveless, unprovoked, wanton

(adjective) occurring without motivation or provocation; “motiveless malignity”; “unprovoked and dastardly attack”- F.D.Roosevelt

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

motiveless (not comparable)

Without a motive.

Source: Wiktionary


Mo"tive*less, a.

Definition: Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.

– Mo"tive*less*ness, n. G. Eliot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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