undirected
Americanadjective
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not directed; not guided.
He wasted his time on undirected activity.
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bearing no address, as a letter.
adjective
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lacking a clear purpose or objective
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(of a letter, parcel, etc) having no address
Etymology
Origin of undirected
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The projections of period décor were charming, as was the slightly antiquated rhymed English text of the titles, but the undirected singers missed the energy of a fully realized performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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
The emotional valence of this room-size grid of images is one of nervousness, fretfulness, restless, undirected energy and dissonance.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2019
That said, it’s a mess of a book, fuzzy, disorganized, and maddeningly undirected.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 7, 2016
And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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