Aimless
['eɪmlɪs] or ['emləs]
Definition
(adj.) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; 'a drifting double-dealer'; 'the floating population'; 'vagrant hippies of the sixties' .
Typist: Tito--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life.
Edited by Julius
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Purposeless, objectless, without aim or end.
Typist: Robbie
Examples
- But there is a tendency to seek the cause of such aimless activities in the youth's own disposition, isolated from everything else. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- His friend, Milt Adams, went West with quenchless zest for that kind of roving life and aimless adventure of which the serious minded Edison had already had more than enough. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Everyone felt aimless, with a kind of strained and aching relief. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am weary of the world, tired of this aimless existence, but to thee will I fly to seek solace in thine healing balMs Maurice! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It is customary to frown upon such aimless random activity, treating it as willful mischief or carelessness or lawlessness. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was not Holmes's nature to take an aimless holiday, and something about his pale, worn face told me that his nerves were at their highest tension. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is like the dawn of the sense of responsibility in a youth, who suddenly discovers that life is neither easy nor aimless. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hence they remain mere fancies, romantic castles in the air, or aimless speculations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A vague bent to mischief, an aimless malevolence, made constant vigilance indispensable. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Existence is neither aimless nor hopeless to me now, and it was both three months ago. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Robbie