Peters had been adrift and aimless...
After several hours of aimless searching they were getting low on fuel.
His sense of aimlessness increased.
English dictionary. 2008.
Aimless — Aim less, a. Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life. {Aim less*ly}, adv. {Aim less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aimless — index casual, discursive (digressive), disjointed, random, unwitting Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
aimless — (adj.) 1620s, from AIM (Cf. aim) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Aimlessly; aimlessness … Etymology dictionary
aimless — [adj] having no goal accidental, any which way*, bits and pieces*, blind, capricious, careless, casual, chance, desultory, directionless, drifting, erratic, fanciful, fickle, fits and starts*, flighty, fortuitous, frivolous, goalless, haphazard,… … New thesaurus
aimless — [ām′lis] adj. having no aim or purpose aimlessly adv. aimlessness n … English World dictionary
aimless — adjective 1) Flavia set out on an aimless walk Syn: purposeless, goalless, without purpose, haphazard, wandering, without goal, desultory Ant: purposeful 2) aimless men standing outside the bars Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
aimless — adjective /ˈeɪm.lɛs/ Without aim, purpose, or direction. an aimless life … Wiktionary
aimless — aim|less [ˈeımləs] adj not having a clear purpose or reason ▪ a young man drifting through life in an aimless way >aimlessly adv >aimlessness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
aimless — adjective without a clear purpose or reason: drifing through life in a rather aimless fashion aimlessly adverb aimlessness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
aimless — aim ► VERB 1) point (a weapon or camera) at a target. 2) direct at someone or something. 3) try to achieve something. ► NOUN 1) a purpose or intention. 2) the aiming of a weapon or missile. ● … English terms dictionary
