A country or a person that is rudderless does not have a clear aim or a strong leader to follow.
The country was politically rudderless for almost three months.
...a feeling in the country that the Government was drifting rudderless.
Examples of 'rudderless' in a sentence
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And a rudderless ship is ill suited to the task.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His government often looks rudderless and incompetent.
The Sun (2012)
Or to welcome in the new manager and see for themselves just how he intended to right the rudderless ship.
The Sun (2008)
The team have looked progressively more rudderless since January.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We are a rudderless ship.
The Sun (2009)
In the meantime the country will remain rudderless as it faces high inflation, power shortages and increasing violence in its northern tribal areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Kicking him out too early, leaving the ship rudderless, would make things worse quickly.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As well as leaving the country rudderless, it's also playing havoc with office allocation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And they looked rudderless in the 5-1 horror show at Crawley.
The Sun (2015)
His retreat over a hotly contested plan to impose a carbon tax on lorries left him to fend off accusations that he is leading a rudderless Government.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In the process he has managed to make himself look clueless in international negotiations, to make his proposed Cabinet look incompetent and to look rudderless in policy.