aim
verb (used with object)
to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
unaimed
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a word derived from
aim.
Example Sentences
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His overwhelmed opponent, another local boy fighting in his first Rough N Rowdy, ducked his head in fear, flailing his arms, unaimed, finding little but air as Jordan ducked and bobbed.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2017
I fired an unaimed shot over my shoulder, which did no good at all except for lifting my morale.
From Highways in Hiding by George Oliver Smith
The bombardment was very wild and seemed almost unaimed.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Sir Ian Hamilton
The facts are that the Russians were beaten by superior morale; that unaimed fire, at random, there perhaps more than elsewhere, had the only material effect.
From Battle Studies by Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq
It lay loosely in his limp fingers, unaimed and undirected.
From Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine
