UNDIRECTED Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

undirected

adjective

Definition of undirected

as in random

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Recent Examples of undirected For writers, undirected mental energy can (ideally) be a source of creativity, but left to its own devices, the mind does not naturally drift toward gratitude and wonder. — April Dávila, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026 If undirected, the hydrocarbon reaction produces heat in the form of an explosion that sets back years of planning for Jeff Bezos. — Ryan C. Fortenberry, The Conversation, 5 June 2026 The complexities that build up during rapid, undirected expansion can be streamlined, revealing a highly agile and focused organization. — Adrien Gaubert, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026 DeepMind also cited new misalignment risks stemming from a model’s potential for undirected action at higher capability levels. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025 In undirected graphs, every link can be traversed in both directions. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undirected

Adjective

One control heats the ions by applying random electric-field signals that add vibrational energy.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Every piece of content must serve as a culturally relevant entry point that accumulates brand equity, especially when day-to-day audience engagement can be largely random.

— Stefano Marrone, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of random

Adjective

Where season three frustrated with its aimless pacing, its unruly plotting, its self-congratulatory strain of goodness, new showrunner Jack Burditt (30 Rock, Modern Family) dials back the worst of the show’s excesses.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
Some jokes, including a riff on the history of the Wright Brothers, feel vaguely Dada, as if Marino and Wain had spent a long, happy stretch of aimless days drinking coffee and free-associating.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026

Definition of aimless

Adjective

Long, uneventful sequences capturing Kozue’s idle days spent daydreaming in nature or by the incinerator soon come to feel purposeless.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026
Employees optimize for proxy metrics while experiencing their actual work as purposeless.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of purposeless

Adjective

In this context, the blue sheets look more like a complementary hue, rather than an unconsidered default.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 27 May 2026
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

Definition of unconsidered

Adjective

After Fever guard Sophie Cunningham expressed her opinion that transgender girls don’t belong in youth sports, the W has once again become an inadvertent political prop in a larger conversation.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
While taxpayers would still need to report their foreign financial accounts, combining two separate filing systems into one would eliminate a source of confusion that has resulted in many inadvertent filing failures.

— Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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