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Recent Examples of undirected
DeepMind also cited new misalignment risks stemming from a model’s potential for undirected action at higher capability levels.
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Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
In undirected graphs, every link can be traversed in both directions.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
The Nobel committee focused its remarks on the foundational aspects of artificial neural networks: the ability to feed unfathomably large and complex amounts of data into an algorithm that will then, more or less undirected, detect previously unseen and consequential patterns in those data.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Klein predicted that a few crows would learn the association between their undirected action and the reward, and start bringing coins of their own accord.
—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Online undirected robo-casting attracts thousands of unqualified candidates; and pits talent against each other in open-market bidding for the job.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 23 June 2023
Blind rage: Uncontrolled, undirected, unstoppable.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 17 Mar. 2020
Scientists have long been able to reactivate old memories, but only in a crude and undirected way.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2012
Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
In undirected graphs, every link can be traversed in both directions.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
The Nobel committee focused its remarks on the foundational aspects of artificial neural networks: the ability to feed unfathomably large and complex amounts of data into an algorithm that will then, more or less undirected, detect previously unseen and consequential patterns in those data.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Klein predicted that a few crows would learn the association between their undirected action and the reward, and start bringing coins of their own accord.
—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Online undirected robo-casting attracts thousands of unqualified candidates; and pits talent against each other in open-market bidding for the job.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 23 June 2023
Blind rage: Uncontrolled, undirected, unstoppable.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 17 Mar. 2020
Scientists have long been able to reactivate old memories, but only in a crude and undirected way.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undirected
Adjective
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Recent poll results shared at a Tuesday night hearing showed 55% of those in a random sample were favorable to a mill levy override.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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No doubt, this isn’t some random list, these three players remaining on the roster when so many others were dumped overboard.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Trump’s goal is to distract you from rising gas prices, his aimless war, ICE abuses, and the Epstein files.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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All of this is a bit haphazard, and none of it is very deep or revealing.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Lawmakers have accused the Justice Department of withholding too many files and criticized the agency for haphazard redactions that exposed intimate details about victims.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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There’s no guarantee this unplanned expansion will continue into 2027, McAlear told us.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
2 Apr. 2026
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The first upload sits at the opposite end of that spectrum — unplanned, unstaged and unoptimized.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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What had once either gone unconsidered or been managed at the campaign level is now being discussed as a core element of corporate strategy.—
Jordan P. Kelley,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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And Wiles, a shrewd lobbyist based in Florida, seldom makes unconsidered moves.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
16 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Any inadvertent mistakes, typos or omissions will slow down the processing of your return and delivery of your refund.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Justice Department has continued to face pressure and criticism over omissions, improper redactions and the inadvertent release of victims' names.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office later attributed his death to an accidental overdose of ketamine, a hallucinogenic anesthetic that in recent years gained popularity as an off-label, unrelated treatment for depression.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
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His cause of death was later confirmed as an accidental overdose due to cocaine, methamphetamine, benzodiazepines and fentanyl.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Undirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undirected. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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