: without aim or purpose : not having a goal or purpose
… we would not get to sit on the verandah drinking cold beer at the end of the day, starting up aimless conversations with other couples …—
Alexandra Kennedy
Alexandra KennedySome years, you feel that nothing much is being made except plotless tales about aimless young people wasting time …—Robin Buss
Robin BussThe wind blew, the shad were nowhere to be found, even steady use of our fish locator and aimless trolling around the lakes failed to provoke a single strike.—Steve Davis
Steve Davis
aimlessly
adverb
… whenever they had the chance, he and Zave would climb the steep streets and walk aimlessly beneath the arching trees, looking at the mansions.
—James A. Michener
James A. Michener
aimlessness
noun
… my friends are all prematurely successful in their worthwhile, absorbing careers, and I am frightening my parents and maybe even myself with my aimlessness.
—Daphne Uviller
Daphne Uviller
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he enjoyed taking aimless walks through the park
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The aimless vessel was located near the eastern Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis around 11:30 a.m., the St. Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Without one, an aimless day can lead to overwhelm and delaying responsibilities, sources said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
Like Forever Mine, Touch focuses on a romance, this time between a stigmatic with the mysterious power to heal (Skeet Ulrich) and an aimless record-company assistant (Bridget Fonda), but again, their flat chemistry leaves a gaping hole at the film’s center.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Legendary pool shark Minnesota Fats happened to be in Springfield at the same time and Raby, with skills honed during his aimless youth, took him on.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Without one, an aimless day can lead to overwhelm and delaying responsibilities, sources said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
Like Forever Mine, Touch focuses on a romance, this time between a stigmatic with the mysterious power to heal (Skeet Ulrich) and an aimless record-company assistant (Bridget Fonda), but again, their flat chemistry leaves a gaping hole at the film’s center.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Legendary pool shark Minnesota Fats happened to be in Springfield at the same time and Raby, with skills honed during his aimless youth, took him on.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Aimless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aimless. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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