non-purposive
adjective formal (also nonpurposive) uk/ˌnɒnˈpɜː.pə.sɪv/ us/ˌnɑːnˈpɝː.pə.sɪv/
无目的的,无目标的;无针对性的
not done with the aim of achieving a particular thing
She regards the state as a non-purposive, rule-based institution.
He believes that evolution occurs through a variety of nonpurposive mechanisms. 他认为进化是通过各种无目的性的方式发生的。
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- Some of the patients that I saw at the clinic displayed nonpurposive behaviour such as lifting the arm or twisting the fingers.
- We seemed to experience an endless, nonpurposive movement through a boundless area.
- This theory imagines that law is a general, abstract, and non-purposive body of rules.