: 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
Recent Examples on the Web
As a second son, Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) has always felt a bit aimless.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 June 2024
After nearly three minutes of yelling and aimless arguments, Clenney tells Obumseli to leave the house.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
Not a hard sell, no? Pisces Rising Roll out the picnic blankets and put together those playlists meant for aimless strolls, because this May is set to be a walk in the park—literally.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Apr. 2024
Owen continues living his somewhat aimless life, getting a job at a Chuck E. Cheese-esque arcade.
—James Grebey, TIME, 17 May 2024
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 June 2024
After nearly three minutes of yelling and aimless arguments, Clenney tells Obumseli to leave the house.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
Not a hard sell, no? Pisces Rising Roll out the picnic blankets and put together those playlists meant for aimless strolls, because this May is set to be a walk in the park—literally.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Apr. 2024
Owen continues living his somewhat aimless life, getting a job at a Chuck E. Cheese-esque arcade.
—James Grebey, TIME, 17 May 2024
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“Aimless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aimless. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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