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Synonyms
bent (on or upon), bound, decisive, determined, do-or-die, firm, hell-bent (on or upon), intent, out, resolute, resolved, set, single-minded
Antonyms
faltering, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, undetermined, unresolved, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed
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This, too, seems more purposeful, or at least more self-consciously executed, than many of Trump’s critics would allow. — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, "Trump’s Wacky, Angry, and Extreme August," 3 Sep. 2019 For nearly 20 years, the French-American Levandowski has played a kind of purposeful Forrest Gump for the world of autonomous driving. — Wired, "How Anthony Levandowski Put Himself at the Center of an Industry," 29 Aug. 2019 That career was creatively rewarding; however, my goal was mainly to create for someone else, to make direct purposeful connections to a specific audience. — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Artist Melissa Walter always pushing her work to ‘new evolutions’," 27 Aug. 2019 Plastic pollution Plastic pollution seeps into the ocean through run-off and even purposeful dumping. — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, "Marine pollution, explained," 2 Aug. 2019 Such a financial punishment for purposeful, blatant illegality is chump change for a company that makes tens of billions of dollars every year. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "Facebook’s FTC fine will be $5 billion—or one month’s worth of revenue," 12 July 2019 The outing was partially practical, as Sprague moved to Los Angeles while her bandmates stayed in New York, but also purposeful, as the singer-songwriter grappled with death, loss and transition. — Washington Post, "12 things to do in the D.C. area this week," 12 Aug. 2019 The players who lost their composure in a 7-2 loss in Game 3 were disciplined, purposeful. — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, "Stanley Cup: Blues even series with victory over Bruins," 3 June 2019 In Nigerian government circles, announcements of policy considerations are often more bluster than purposeful thinking. — Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, "Nigeria wants to start charging a tax on local online purchases," 5 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'purposeful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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