: 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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Examples of aimless in a Sentence
he enjoyed taking aimless walks through the park
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Critical possessions no longer feel aimless, as the Suns are flowing into their offense with intention.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Without his six other members filling the space around him, and in the absence of a packed schedule keeping him hurdling full speed ahead, RM (born Kim Namjoon) is loose, unguarded, often introspective and occasionally gleefully aimless.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
This organization seems totally aimless in its direction at this point.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
But a few years ago, the Hollywood icon was feeling aimless.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2024
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Shane Young, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Without his six other members filling the space around him, and in the absence of a packed schedule keeping him hurdling full speed ahead, RM (born Kim Namjoon) is loose, unguarded, often introspective and occasionally gleefully aimless.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
This organization seems totally aimless in its direction at this point.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
But a few years ago, the Hollywood icon was feeling aimless.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Aimless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aimless. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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