The idea is to shock young felons out of careers in crime by imposing large amounts of order on chaotic purposeless lives.

She would be living the same rather purposeless life that she had before the war.

Their airships are stocked and repaired by the Shadows, and they live utterly purposeless lives floating from place to place, occasionally stopping to fish.

In the big cities, where men lead boring, purposeless lives, Fatty and Moses spread the gospel of Mahagonny, city of gold, among the disillusioned.

What he disagreed with was the way people were forced to live aimless, purposeless, empty lives.

It's easy for you people here; you live a safe, purposeless life, nothing to do, nothing to worry about.

And what a purposeless life was his!

He felt like a fly waiting for the swat that would end its purposeless life.

Alejandro lives a purposeless life filled by a computer chess, horseback riding, and an elaborate stereo system to which he conducts to the sounds of Haydn's Creation.

Nana Mama's long, purposeless life would soon be at an end.