as in random
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
he enjoyed taking aimless walks through the park
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Recent Examples of aimless
Those examples were everywhere as the team seemed to make a relatively aimless pass through the regular season.
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Sam Amick, New York Times, 1 May 2025
His goal was to capture that throwback feeling of aimless summer days strolling down the boardwalk with the frozen snack in hand in his Lemon Italian Ice flavor.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025
White wrote and co-stars in director Richard Linklater’s comedy that features Jack Black as Dewey Finn, an aimless musician turned substitute teacher at a tony elementary school who convinces students to form a band.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2025
Nine years after hitting rock bottom with three NCAA bids and a majority of programs in an aimless malaise, the SEC collected on a concerted effort to prioritize the sport.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Sam Amick, New York Times, 1 May 2025
His goal was to capture that throwback feeling of aimless summer days strolling down the boardwalk with the frozen snack in hand in his Lemon Italian Ice flavor.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025
White wrote and co-stars in director Richard Linklater’s comedy that features Jack Black as Dewey Finn, an aimless musician turned substitute teacher at a tony elementary school who convinces students to form a band.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2025
Nine years after hitting rock bottom with three NCAA bids and a majority of programs in an aimless malaise, the SEC collected on a concerted effort to prioritize the sport.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aimless
Adjective
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Avoid long strings of random numbers, special characters or irrelevant details.—
Nick Zviadadze,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Previous studies landed on either side of the one coin: the formation was random, or that the animals deliberately took up positions that protected vulnerable animals from attack.—
Bronwyn Thompson,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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State lawmakers can and should repeal the arbitrary two-year rule.—
Sakinah Tillman,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2025
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Guidelines in the Puppy Protection Act would create arbitrary, one-size-fits-all requirements for dog breeding even though dogs are the most diverse species of land mammal, such as: — Mandating two meals daily.—
Sheila Goffe,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2025
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“Aimless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aimless. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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