: 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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This one must have hurt for Titans fans, seeing their former head coach, sporting his familiar navy blue vest on the opposing sideline, coaching his new team in a blowout win while their own team still looks aimless.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
After some aimless small talk, the old woman soon gets down to her real, sinister business.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Hours of aimless exploring in Lafayette, Louisiana led us to this glowing downtown fixture just in time for sunset.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Now is the time to wage war, not through aimless violence, but with a legal and rational crackdown on the forces that are desperately trying to annihilate our nation.
—Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
After some aimless small talk, the old woman soon gets down to her real, sinister business.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Hours of aimless exploring in Lafayette, Louisiana led us to this glowing downtown fixture just in time for sunset.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Now is the time to wage war, not through aimless violence, but with a legal and rational crackdown on the forces that are desperately trying to annihilate our nation.
—Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for aimless
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“Aimless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aimless. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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