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What is the adjective for motives?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb motive which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

motive
  1. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
  2. Relating to motion and/or to its cause
  3. Synonyms:
      4. kinetic, moving, impelling, motional, motor, operative, propulsive, activating, driving, motivating, propelling, motile, locomotive, kinematic … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Wind turbines, also known as wind mills, use the wind as their motive force.”
motiveless
  1. Without a motive.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gratuitous, groundless, unprovoked, mindless, purposeless, senseless, wanton, needless, unwarranted, unjustified, meaningless, uncalled-for, unjustifiable, unreasonable, aimless, pointless, irrational, unnecessary, worthless, purportless, indiscriminate, unmotivated, illogical, without rhyme or reason, uncalled for, unreasoned, unsupported, arbitrary, useless, trifling, vacuous, goalless, thoughtless, empty, nonsensical, designless, otiose, vapid, witless, futile, frivolous, valueless, feckless, brainless, insignificant, random, inutile, unprofitable, desultory, inane … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “But what makes this case more difficult is that it is an apparently motiveless crime.”
      “Its hero, Milo, is perpetually dejected, burdened with motiveless discontent.”
      “Such rowdy, ruffianly, and apparently motiveless violence has a much longer history than the term hooligan.”
motived
  1. simple past tense and past participle of motive
  2. Synonyms:
      3. motivated, incentivized, influenced, moved, instilled, inspired, stimulated, stirred, aroused, impressed, incited, enthused, invigorated, persuaded, impelled, galvanized, encouraged, roused, excited, spurred, prompted, urged, animated, provoked, swayed, disposed, energized, instigated, inclined, fired, piqued, sparked, steeled, prodded, inspirited, galvanised, whetted, fired with enthusiasm, energised, spurred on, envigorated, fired the imagination of, egged on, goaded, stirred up, druv, drove, drave, driven, gotten going … more
motiving
  1. present participle of motive
  2. Synonyms:
      3. motivating, incentivizing, influencing, moving, instilling, inspiring, stimulating, stirring, persuading, arousing, inciting, invigorating, impelling, galvanizing, impressing, enthusing, provoking, instigating, prompting, encouraging, energizing, urging, driving, swaying, disposing, spurring, rousing, animating, exciting, steeling, inclining, piquing, sparking, inspiriting, prodding, firing, egging on, whetting, spurring on, getting going, stirring up, firing the imagination of, goading, envigorating, firing with enthusiasm, galvanising, energising … more
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