as in purposeless
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of directionless
Clark felt lost, alone and directionless.
—
Autumn Barnes, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
The action begins as an angry, volatile, directionless young man goes out for a night on the town with friends, drinking, drugging and looking for a fight.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
While the moving averages have been largely directionless in recent months, the stock has been doing a good job of using this cluster of lines as support.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Seattle currently feels like one of the most bland and directionless teams and that shows with how the club is regarded across most categories.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Unstructured, context-free datasets are like maps without legends—large but directionless.
—Adrian Stelmach, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Autumn Barnes, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
The action begins as an angry, volatile, directionless young man goes out for a night on the town with friends, drinking, drugging and looking for a fight.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
While the moving averages have been largely directionless in recent months, the stock has been doing a good job of using this cluster of lines as support.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Seattle currently feels like one of the most bland and directionless teams and that shows with how the club is regarded across most categories.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Unstructured, context-free datasets are like maps without legends—large but directionless.
—Adrian Stelmach, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for directionless
Adjective
-
But here’s a question: How much longer can the country afford to lure so many of its promising talents into a life of purposeless paper-pushing and legalized economic vandalism that antitrust has become?—
Holman W. Jenkins,
WSJ,
10 May 2022
-
In How To Do Nothing, Jenny Odell talks about how the pursuit of productivity — driven by capitalism, competition, and consumption — has redirected our attention outward, leaving us feeling empty and purposeless.—
refinery29.com,
refinery29.com,
7 Sep. 2021
Adjective
-
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
Cite this Entry
“Directionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/directionless. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share