: without aim or purpose : not having a goal or purpose
… we would not get to sit on the verandah drinking cold beer at the end of the day, starting up aimless conversations with other couples …—
Alexandra Kennedy
Alexandra KennedySome years, you feel that nothing much is being made except plotless tales about aimless young people wasting time …—Robin Buss
Robin BussThe wind blew, the shad were nowhere to be found, even steady use of our fish locator and aimless trolling around the lakes failed to provoke a single strike.—Steve Davis
Steve Davis
aimlessly
adverb
… whenever they had the chance, he and Zave would climb the steep streets and walk aimlessly beneath the arching trees, looking at the mansions.
—James A. Michener
James A. Michener
aimlessness
noun
… my friends are all prematurely successful in their worthwhile, absorbing careers, and I am frightening my parents and maybe even myself with my aimlessness.
—Daphne Uviller
Daphne Uviller
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Each chapter of the decades-spanning love story checks in on aimless posh boy Dexter Mayhew (Woodall) and disillusioned go-getter Emma Morley (Ambika Mod) on the same day from 1988 to 2007.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2024
The three comedians play loose versions of themselves, starring as three aimless best friends who work at a local sporting goods store.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2023
Over the last two decades, the United States has waged destructive, costly and aimless wars on the other side of the planet.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2024
Regular Show While it's got its fair share of talking animals — and gumball machines, yetis, and gentlemanly lollipop people — Regular Show is one of the rare cartoons that is actually about lazy, aimless twentysomethings and not just frequently watched by them.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2023
For the most part, the tenacious hairdresser shrugs off AA and settles on leading an aimless life.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Wallack and others have proposed a large music festival during the third week of spring break — when aimless and unruly crowds tend to reach their climax — with the hope that attendees will disperse the loitering mobs.
—David Fischer, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
Still, even outside of those few crucial pages, the plot is infused with driving, aimless and otherwise.
—Emma Copley Eisenberg, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024
Imogene — now a spoiled and aimless adult — hangs out with the billionaire Collier family, who once employed her mother.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2024
The three comedians play loose versions of themselves, starring as three aimless best friends who work at a local sporting goods store.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2023
Over the last two decades, the United States has waged destructive, costly and aimless wars on the other side of the planet.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2024
Regular Show While it's got its fair share of talking animals — and gumball machines, yetis, and gentlemanly lollipop people — Regular Show is one of the rare cartoons that is actually about lazy, aimless twentysomethings and not just frequently watched by them.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2023
For the most part, the tenacious hairdresser shrugs off AA and settles on leading an aimless life.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Wallack and others have proposed a large music festival during the third week of spring break — when aimless and unruly crowds tend to reach their climax — with the hope that attendees will disperse the loitering mobs.
—David Fischer, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
Still, even outside of those few crucial pages, the plot is infused with driving, aimless and otherwise.
—Emma Copley Eisenberg, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024
Imogene — now a spoiled and aimless adult — hangs out with the billionaire Collier family, who once employed her mother.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
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“Aimless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aimless. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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