as in random
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
he enjoyed taking aimless walks through the park
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Recent Examples of aimless
And his impulse was to build a show that felt purposely aimless.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Think of it: 99% of the Democrats in Congress, both the House and the Senate, voted to shut the government down to try to make some sort of aimless political point.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Mar. 2025
Especially in times of market uncertainty or volatility, our attention tends to be sucked into the bottomless vortex of pointless prognostication and aimless activity.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Koogler is interested in human smallness, in our cosmic lack of control, and the softness of his gaze can render Deep Blue Sound’s exploration of existential uncertainty wonderfully funny and affecting in some moments, diffused and aimless in others.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Think of it: 99% of the Democrats in Congress, both the House and the Senate, voted to shut the government down to try to make some sort of aimless political point.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Mar. 2025
Especially in times of market uncertainty or volatility, our attention tends to be sucked into the bottomless vortex of pointless prognostication and aimless activity.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Koogler is interested in human smallness, in our cosmic lack of control, and the softness of his gaze can render Deep Blue Sound’s exploration of existential uncertainty wonderfully funny and affecting in some moments, diffused and aimless in others.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aimless
Adjective
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Her old boss Raymond King (J.K. Simmons), someone Chris had helped, was shot dead in LA and left a wall of random evidence involving a broken family, human trafficking and global assassinations.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The company, which started in 2015 and sells itself as a meal kit service, is actually closer to an online grocery store than a place that’s going to send you half an onion wrapped in plastic and a tiny baggy of cumin to make some so-so black bean tacos or a random stir fry.—
Carina Finn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The plaintiffs had argued that the geographic targeting order was unlawfully issued without undergoing the notice-and-comment procedures prescribed by federal law and that the rule is arbitrary and capricious under federal law.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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In short, protectionism grants states too much arbitrary power to intervene in the market and thus spawns more platforms for the exchange of political favors.—
JAVIER CORRALES,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Aimless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aimless. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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