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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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The program tried to learn from every hand — even the bad hands that were doomed to fail — and ended up making mostly random moves.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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The entertainment space has shown us that, as random as couples may seem, the best thing is to expect the unexpected.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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But whereas Slama’s first film felt overindulgent and ultimately aimless, this one is held down by a compelling performance from Titane’s Agathe Rousselle, playing a Franco-American with a major attitude who’s desperately trying to make ends meet as the 2024 Summer Olympics begin.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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Rather than adapting, many boys and men are left confused, resentful and aimless.—
Chuka Emezue,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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But the study said many students, parents and school officials felt the roll-out of the policy was haphazard and that enforcement has been inconsistent.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
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Economists and trade researchers say the haphazard nature of the trade war is compounding the longer-term pressure on US manufacturing.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
11 July 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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Bulmer was born in Rhode Island to a military family who moved a lot and her parents both left high school after an unplanned pregnancy.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
29 July 2025
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The most beautiful moments are often the unplanned.—
Caroline Tell,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Yet this weakness becomes a strength when marketing teams need to generate dozens of concepts instantly or strategic planners want to discover unconsidered possibilities—and even in precision-critical fields like medicine.—
Gabriel Snyder,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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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
Adjective
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The homeowners, meanwhile, are locked in a separate case with Ocean over what Peck said was an inadvertent naming error in filing the 2017 assignment of rights.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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How Students Are Gaming The System Students have become inadvertent experts at understanding how language shapes AI responses.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
19 July 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 2 Aug. 2025.
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