: 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
Examples of aimless in a Sentence
he enjoyed taking aimless walks through the park
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Masaki Suda plays Ryosuke Yoshii, a somewhat aimless young man who makes ends meet buying merchandise in bulk from troubled businesses and reselling it online at a substantial mark-up.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The pleasure Warner brings to the exchange reflects just how much his character has transformed from an aimless teen afraid to fail into an adult who recognizes that trial and error are part of life.
—Laura Bradley, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2025
Even lateral moves within a company can get read as aimless rather than intentional.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Their aimless biking around and goofing off are two of many signs that the social order of Eddington is crumbling under the weight of COVID restrictions.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 July 2025
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Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The pleasure Warner brings to the exchange reflects just how much his character has transformed from an aimless teen afraid to fail into an adult who recognizes that trial and error are part of life.
—Laura Bradley, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2025
Even lateral moves within a company can get read as aimless rather than intentional.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Their aimless biking around and goofing off are two of many signs that the social order of Eddington is crumbling under the weight of COVID restrictions.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 July 2025
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“Aimless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aimless. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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