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CROSS-PURPOSE

\kɹˈɒspˈɜːpəs], \kɹˈɒspˈɜːpəs], \k_ɹ_ˈɒ_s_p_ˈɜː_p_ə_s]\

Definitions of CROSS-PURPOSE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A contrary or conflicting purpose: more commonly used in the plural; as, they worked at cross-purposes.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

n. A counter or opposing purposed. A game in which questions and answers are made to involve ludicrous combinations or contrarieties of ideas.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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