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Recent Examples of undirected
The Nobel committee focused its remarks on the foundational aspects of artificial neural networks: the ability to feed unfathomably large and complex amounts of data into an algorithm that will then, more or less undirected, detect previously unseen and consequential patterns in those data.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Klein predicted that a few crows would learn the association between their undirected action and the reward, and start bringing coins of their own accord.
—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Online undirected robo-casting attracts thousands of unqualified candidates; and pits talent against each other in open-market bidding for the job.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 23 June 2023
Blind rage: Uncontrolled, undirected, unstoppable.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 17 Mar. 2020
Unfortunately, standard low-diameter decomposition algorithms only work on undirected graphs — those in which every edge can be traversed in both directions.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Jan. 2023
Scientists have long been able to reactivate old memories, but only in a crude and undirected way.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2012
Participants assigned to pray every day (either an undirected prayer or a prayer for a relationship partner) for 4 weeks drank about half as much alcohol at the conclusion of the study as control participants.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2011
The Costanza character parallels generations of undirected school students who have never had the opportunity to learn how to follow their passion toward a career goal.
—Janine Yass, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Klein predicted that a few crows would learn the association between their undirected action and the reward, and start bringing coins of their own accord.
—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Online undirected robo-casting attracts thousands of unqualified candidates; and pits talent against each other in open-market bidding for the job.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 23 June 2023
Blind rage: Uncontrolled, undirected, unstoppable.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 17 Mar. 2020
Unfortunately, standard low-diameter decomposition algorithms only work on undirected graphs — those in which every edge can be traversed in both directions.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Jan. 2023
Scientists have long been able to reactivate old memories, but only in a crude and undirected way.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2012
Participants assigned to pray every day (either an undirected prayer or a prayer for a relationship partner) for 4 weeks drank about half as much alcohol at the conclusion of the study as control participants.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2011
The Costanza character parallels generations of undirected school students who have never had the opportunity to learn how to follow their passion toward a career goal.
—Janine Yass, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undirected
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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If being entirely aimless isn’t your thing, there is a way to add a bit of structure to it.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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The scenes here are clunky and don’t always move the story along — there’s an aimless but moderately funny one of Wolff speed dating.—
Jake Coyle,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s weaponization of tariffs is haphazard, and so are his punishing sanctions and trade controls, causing not just a few countries to look for other currency systems.—
T. Nelson Thompson,
Baltimore Sun,
3 June 2025
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Democrats have slammed Musk's approach as haphazard and chaotic.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Marine biologists had thought that the pelvic bones were purposeless in the marine environment, and would eventually disappear given another million or so years of evolution.—
Carl Engelking,
Discover Magazine,
9 Sep. 2014
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But here’s a question: How much longer can the country afford to lure so many of its promising talents into a life of purposeless paper-pushing and legalized economic vandalism that antitrust has become?—
Holman W. Jenkins,
WSJ,
10 May 2022
Adjective
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Each sprint is loaded with work for the team and a dedicated buffer to allow for any unplanned work, such as critical bugs, etc. Security teams can make great strides in their journey to accomplish more work and move to a proactive state by following similar principles.—
Daniel DeCloss,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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But one of her plane’s engines caught fire, which occasioned an unplanned overnight stay (and the purchase of a new fire extinguisher).—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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From the wooden floors and jute rugs to the volcanic stones in the bathroom, no corner has gone unconsidered.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
7 Apr. 2025
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But another approach that often goes unconsidered is collaboration.—
Zaheer Dodhia,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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These inadvertent discriminatory outputs could lead to serious legal and compliance issues and infringe on the privacy rights of individuals.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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There are new economic factors at play that may have the inadvertent effect of slowing fast fashion and overconsumption, which would ultimately reduce industry emissions.—
Karen Dougherty,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Those who forgave depicted the moment in mystical terms—unpremeditated, unexpected, the words just flowed.—
Kevin Sack,
Time,
3 June 2025
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Richmond initially was charged with unpremeditated murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2024
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“Undirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undirected. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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