unaimedadj.
1. Not aimed or pointed at a mark.
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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > given direction towards a mark > not
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1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongemickt, vn-aimed, Vnleveled.
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iv. 126 With din of instruments, and shuffling feet,..And unaim'd prattle flying up and down.
1849 R. Browning Paracelsus v, in Poems I. 143 The tumult of unproved desire, the unaimed Uncertain yearnings, aspirations blind.
1888 Daily News 6 Sept. 6/5 Swept by artillery fire and unaimed rifle fire at long ranges.
2. With at: not taken as a mark.
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1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 86 So you (my Lord) for sweet Conditions known Parallels to your high birth, stand alone, Unaim'd, and unarriv'd at.
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