atelic

Adj

• Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
• Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end.
• That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
• That expresses the imperfective aspect.

Adjective

• Describing an action or verb with no definite endpoint.

Examples

• His search for a bingo was an atelic process that lasted the entire game.

Antonyms

telic