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
Trump’s goal is to distract you from rising gas prices, his aimless war, ICE abuses, and the Epstein files.
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
No surprise, then, that Kim is initially skeptical of Sean’s conspiracy theories, assuming her aimless husband to be fixating on trivial nonsense.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
For now, El Niño Bola rolls on, sounding aimless.
—E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
As in those sitcoms, our hero is a single, aimless, middle-aged dad.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
No surprise, then, that Kim is initially skeptical of Sean’s conspiracy theories, assuming her aimless husband to be fixating on trivial nonsense.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
For now, El Niño Bola rolls on, sounding aimless.
—E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
As in those sitcoms, our hero is a single, aimless, middle-aged dad.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aimless
Adjective
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Even if the threshold for disagreement was quite low, disagreements were amplified to the point that each random interaction was increasingly likely to exceed the threshold.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2026
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But as some have learned the hard way, that tendency of random things to appear to form patterns means that the other peak might be just noise.—
Faye Flam,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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In that case, most areas will see scattered rain, but the more robust cells could produce brief, heavy downpours.—
Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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There are a few, scattered references to female gladiators.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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According to Sánchez Blanco, González López oversaw the machinery that allowed arbitrary arrests, torture and the defiance of judicial release orders to occur.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
11 May 2026
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The day itself may be arbitrary, but the sentiment behind it is not.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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“Aimless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aimless. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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