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undirected

American  
[uhn-di-rek-tid, -dahy-] / ˌʌn dɪˈrɛk tɪd, -daɪ- /

adjective

  1. not directed; not guided.

    He wasted his time on undirected activity.

  2. bearing no address, as a letter.


undirected British  
/ ˌʌndɪˈrɛktɪd, -daɪ- /

adjective

  1. lacking a clear purpose or objective

  2. (of a letter, parcel, etc) having no address

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of undirected

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- 1 + directed

Example Sentences

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Julia Flang is a modern-day videogame streamer whose life is undirected.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Furthermore, binary undirected graphs constructed to represent the connectivity between EEG channels showed that the neural network was more densely connected in strangers than in acquaintances.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2024

That said, it’s a mess of a book, fuzzy, disorganized, and maddeningly undirected.

From The New Yorker Mar. 7, 2016

But it had the desired effect, heightening anticipation and, if not clearing the mind, at least reducing it to a state of undirected boredom.

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2015

And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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