aimless

[eym-lis]

adjective

1. without aim; purposeless.

aimless

/ ˈeɪmlɪs /

adjective

1. having no goal, purpose, or direction

Other Word Forms

• aimlessly adverb
• aimlessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of aimless¹

First recorded in 1620–30; aim + -less

Example Sentences

Perhaps from habit, then, Penelope’s aimless walking led her to the hall outside the princess’s bedroom.

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After an hour’s aimless wandering she knew that she and the Incorrigibles were lost, but all her attempts to ask for directions went unanswered in the din and rush of the crowd.

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Beckett’s works defy easy exegesis, but as in many of his other plays, “Endgame” presents us with stylized images of the aimless burdens of existence, the isolation that can be little eased by companionship.

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He was also notable as a recruiter of aimless youths who wanted to be tough guys; for them the Nazi Storm Trooper units were the place to cast off the shackles of civilized inhibitions.

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Scotland started positively, making the most of the territory gifted to them by an aimless kick by Aitchison and an undercooked clearance by Helena Rowland.

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Related Words

• desultory 
• erratic 
• frivolous 
• haphazard 
• indiscriminate 
• pointless 
• random