aimlessness
- a word derived from aimless.
Example Sentences
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And surely it is better to be consumed by purpose than lost in aimlessness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Drained energy, lack of focus, a sense of aimlessness when scrolling online and dread over returning “even just one more email,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
Still, if my nostalgia-clouded memory serves me correctly, our alleged aimlessness and “whatever” philosophy is amply romanced in movies.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024
“Hannah Ha Ha” explores the aimlessness of young adulthood, as a 25-year-old struggles to find meaningful work.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023
Ferrars was intently studying the topography of the town, at least of that portion of it which he was then traversing with such seeming aimlessness.
From The Last Stroke a detective story by Lynch, Lawrence L.
