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Definition of Motiveless
1. Adjective. Occurring without motivation or provocation. "Unprovoked and dastardly attack"
Definition of Motiveless
1. a. Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.
Definition of Motiveless
1. Adjective. Without a motive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Motiveless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Motiveless
Literary usage of Motiveless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Days of My Years by Melville Leslie Macnaghten (1914)
"motiveless murders, are, from a detective's point of view, of very exceptional
interest, and the two most remarkable of these, within the last generation, ..."
2. The Medical Times and Gazette (1867)
"motiveless CRIMES. DR. FORBES WINSLOW has written a letter to the editor of the
Pall-Mall Gazette in reference to the case of Dr. Pearson, ..."
3. The Methodist Review (1865)
""It brings forth ALL its acts out of nothing by its own uncaused and motiveless
efficiency." On the contrary we say that the Will's acts, normally, ..."
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