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What is the adjective for purposive?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb purpose which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

purposive
  1. Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution. [from 19th c.]
  2. Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent. [from 19th c.]
  3. (psychology) Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity. [from 19th c.]
  4. Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose. [from 19th c.]
  5. Possessed of a firm purpose; determined, resolute. [from 20th c.]
  6. (grammar) Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose. [from 20th c.]
  7. Synonyms:
      8. deliberate, intentional, conscious, intended, purposeful, wilful, knowing, willful, witting, voluntary, willed, set, calculated, planned, studied, premeditated, done on purpose, designed, considered, aforethought, preconceived, volitional, pre-planned, prepense, thought out in advance, prearranged, advised, wanton, thought-out, purposed, willing, designful, predetermined, unforced, measured, strategic, contemplated, thoughtful, reasoned, weighed, on purpose, deliberately planned, meant, gratuitous, aimed, express, schemed, determined, cold-blooded, thought out … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “Officials generally believe that war results from a calculated, purposive, conscious decision.”
      “In this microscopic view, experience is revealed as having a foundation of ceaseless activity, of short-lived purposive impulses.”
      “This is an inclusive or purposive concept of community which in principle excludes no one, but which cannot be assigned to you.”
purposed
  1. Intentional, deliberate. [from 15th c.]
  2. (rare) Having a purpose or aim; determined. [from 16th c.]
  3. Synonyms:
      4. intentional, deliberate, intended, wilful, calculated, premeditated, designed, meant, planned, prearranged, conscious, purposeful, voluntary, knowing, meditated, studied, willful, considered, designful, purposive, volitional, wanton, willing, witting, aforethought, preconceived, preconcerted, predetermined, willed, advised, prepense, proposed, set, planful, unforced, done on purpose, pre-planned, thought out in advance, cold-blooded, autonomous, gratuitous, schemed, predesigned, wished, chosen, independent, express, predeterminate, controlled, contrived … more
purposeful
  1. Having purpose; intentional.
  2. Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. determined, resolute, firm, steadfast, unwavering, dogged, tenacious, persistent, obstinate, intent, persevering, resolved, committed, stubborn, staunch, unfaltering, dedicated, driven, set, fixed, stalwart, unshakeable, decisive, bound, enthusiastic, immovable, steady, bent, undeviating, ambitious, decided, enterprising, motivated, out, focussed, focused, settled, deliberate, intense, positive, calculated, single-minded, strong-willed, bent on, bent upon, do-or-die, hell-bent on, hell-bent upon, dead set on, mean business … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “In order to take purposeful action, managers need to be particularly energetic and focused in everything they do.”
      “I have seen some rather charismatic figures get caught out in a purposeful lie, and I do not think their credibility has ever recovered from it.”
      “That is, purposeful inquiry requires some prior interest in the topic under scrutiny.”
purposeless
  1. Without purpose.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. aimless, needless, unnecessary, goalless, meaningless, pointless, senseless, trifling, unreasonable, useless, vacuous, designless, empty, frivolous, futile, illogical, indiscriminate, irrational, mindless, nonsensical, otiose, purportless, thoughtless, valueless, vapid, wanton, witless, brainless, desultory, feckless, inane, insignificant, inutile, motiveless, random, unhelpful, unprofitable, worthless, barren, drifting, floundering, haphazard, profitless, ridiculous, undirected, unpurposed, wanky, uncalled-for, good-for-nothing, hit-or-miss … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Library school instructors, like other people, are not attracted to dull and purposeless meetings.”
      “Prominent Darwinists from Stephen Gould to Richard Dawkins to John Maynard Smith insist that evolution is unguided and purposeless.”
      “Insomnia, Nolan's entrance into major studio film-making, was an empty and purposeless work, again, nearly all posturing.”
purposing
  1. present participle of purpose
  2. Synonyms:
      3. intending, aiming, meaning, planning, committing, expecting, wanting, resolving, aspiring, considering, contemplating, deciding, determining, looking, meditating, proposing, purporting, having a mind, having in mind, having plans, having the intention, pondering, pursuing, setting out, thinking of, bidding for, committing oneself, having a mind to, having in view, making up one's mind, making up your mind, setting your sights on, thinking to, working towards … more
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