What does motiveless mean?

motiveless means "occurring without motivation or provocation".

How many syllables are in motiveless?

motiveless has 4 syllables and divides as mo-ti-ve-less under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for motiveless?

Close synonyms include unprovoked, wanton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is motiveless a common word?

motiveless is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Motiveless — meaning, 2 synonyms and examples

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
occurring without motivation or provocation
“motiveless malignity”
“unprovoked and dastardly attack”
Synonymsunprovoked wanton
Similarunmotivated

Questions about motiveless

What does motiveless mean?: motiveless means "occurring without motivation or provocation".
How many syllables are in motiveless?: motiveless has 4 syllables and divides as mo-ti-ve-less under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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