aimless

aimless
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. random, undirected, chance; driftless, idle; wanton. See disorder.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. purposeless, pointless, erratic, unavailing, thoughtless, careless, heedless, rambling, wandering, blind, random, indiscriminate, unsettled, flighty, capricious, wayward, dissolute, without aim, without end, chance, haphazard, desultory, fortuitous, to no purpose, rudderless, drifting, stray, accidental, undirected, objectless, casual, indecisive, irresolute, fitful, fanciful, fickle, eccentric, unplanned, planless, helpless, unpredictable, shiftless, unfruitful, wanton.
Ant. purposeful, systematic, planned.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
purposeless, pointless, drifting, straying, wandering, desultory, haphazard.
ANT.: focused, directed
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Without aim, purpose, or intent: desultory, pointless, purposeless. See PURPOSE.

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