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adjectivewithout aim; purposeless. Origin of aimlessFirst recorded in 1620–30; aim + -less OTHER WORDS FROM aimlessaim·less·ly, adverbaim·less·ness, nounWords nearby aimlessaim, aimak, A.I.M.E., Aimee, aiming point, aimless, aim to, A.I.M.U., ain, Aineias, ainga Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aimlessBrinsley got out of jail last July, and was desperate and aimless. Alleged Cop Killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley Had a Death Wish|M.L. Nestel|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST The title track (again, a cover) is an aimless Bo Diddley raveup. ‘High Hopes’ Review: Bruce Springsteen Lowers the Bar|Andrew Romano|January 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Nick, once aimless with a deposition that would make Eeyore seem like Richard Simmons, is now happily dating Jess. The Return of New Girl’s Coach…and of Faith in the Still-Great Comedy|Kevin Fallon|November 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST It reminds me a little of Raising Hope in that it centers on well-intentioned but aimless people who love each other a lot. TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2012-13’s New Shows|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|June 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In fact, the governor does not need much more than a ballot line from the aimless, tongue-tied, villain-rich GOP. How Palin's Resignation Makes Her the True Frontrunner|John Batchelor|July 3, 2009|DAILY BEAST The stars would be as a great wealth of diamond seed flung from the lavish hand of an aimless sower. The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser I watch the insanity in his restless, aimless movements, and I feel desperate enough to try to get him a job. An Anarchist Woman|Hutchins Hapgood Indeed, I wore myself down with continual and aimless goings and comings in the rain. The Ontario High School Reader|A.E. Marty Particular and unsystematised observation cannot go on for ever, aimless, formless. The Author's Craft|Arnold Bennett The next day I started forth on an aimless course of wandering from one small town to another.
British Dictionary definitions for aimless
adjectivehaving no goal, purpose, or direction Derived forms of aimlessaimlessly, adverbaimlessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to aimlessrandom, indiscriminate, haphazard, desultory, pointless, erratic, frivolous, accidental, any which way, blind, capricious, careless, casual, chance, fanciful, fickle, flighty, fortuitous, heedless, hit-or-miss |