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aimless

[ eym-lis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

aimless

/ ˈeɪmlɪs /

Origin of aimless¹

First recorded in 1620–30; aim + -less

Brinsley got out of jail last July, and was desperate and aimless.

The rhinoceros, again looking pretty aimless and beaten down, was made—beautifully—of papier mache.

The title track (again, a cover) is an aimless Bo Diddley raveup.

Nick, once aimless with a deposition that would make Eeyore seem like Richard Simmons, is now happily dating Jess.

It reminds me a little of Raising Hope in that it centers on well-intentioned but aimless people who love each other a lot.

Our social life is aimless without it, we are a crowd without a common understanding.

Beardsley was watching Arnold's fingers; there was something aimless and fretful as they pushed among the code-sealed tapes.

He closed the door, whistling gloomily, went over to the piano and struck a few aimless chords.

They say such thoughts are sinful, but annihilation is preferable to an aimless, loveless existence.

Always remember that a short anecdote well told is worth pages of aimless enumeration.

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