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motiveless

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Mo´tive`less
a.1.Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.motivelessmotiveless - occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt
unprovoked, wanton
unmotivated - without motivation
Translations
motiveless [ˈməʊtɪvlɪs] ADV → sin motivo, inmotivado
motiveless
adj → grundlos, ohne Motiv, unmotiviert


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As an example of motiveless degradation of character, we have Menelaus in the Orestes: of character indecorous and inappropriate, the lament of Odysseus in the Scylla, and the speech of Melanippe: of inconsistency, the Iphigenia at Aulis,--for Iphigenia the suppliant in no way resembles her later self.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Every leaf was at rest in the sunshine, the familiar scene was changeless, and seemed to represent the prospect of her life, full of motiveless ease--motiveless, if her own energy could not seek out reasons for ardent action.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Poor Hetty's vision of consequences, at no time more than a narrow fantastic calculation of her own probable pleasures and pains, was now quite shut out by reckless irritation under present suffering, and she was ready for one of those convulsive, motiveless actions by which wretched men and women leap from a temporary sorrow into a lifelong misery.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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