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Recent Examples of undirected
In undirected graphs, every link can be traversed in both directions.
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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
The Costanza character parallels generations of undirected school students who have never had the opportunity to learn how to follow their passion toward a career goal.
—Janine Yass, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
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
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
The Costanza character parallels generations of undirected school students who have never had the opportunity to learn how to follow their passion toward a career goal.
—Janine Yass, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
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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The agreement says Campbell’s campaign was selected for audit at a random drawing in 2023.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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The second verse is no less random, with lyrics about moonwalking on a UFO, dropping bars while brushing teeth and a shout out to legendary 2001 blaxploitation-adjacent comedy Pootie Tang.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ari is aimless and has made the executive decision to wean himself off his antidepressants; Sam is tortured by the prospect of going straight from college into a boring and unfulfilling career at Morgan Stanley.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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Liam, once aimless and unhoused, quickly finds purpose in the charade as a husband and father.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In this instance, Winston, after his mutation, is looking clean house on Bob Garbinger (Kevin Bacon), a corrupt businessman whose haphazard ways led to his terminal illness and skirts treating him for it.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the study said many students, parents and school officials felt the roll-out of the policy was haphazard and that enforcement has been inconsistent.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
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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These unplanned encounters, where team members share critical ideas, happen organically and are dictated by how people naturally sort themselves.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In another instance, the museum spotlights a story about an unplanned sinking of the Orca, when a production boat that was pulling the onscreen boat went too fast and yanked out the Orca’s planking.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And anything that’s unconsidered detracts, and everything that’s considered adds.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Yet this weakness becomes a strength when marketing teams need to generate dozens of concepts instantly or strategic planners want to discover unconsidered possibilities—and even in precision-critical fields like medicine.—
Gabriel Snyder,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Yes, absolutely Even if many Newcastle fans may never want to hear the name ‘Alexander Isak’ again, the Sweden international has left an inadvertent financial gift for his former club.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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At one point during the argument, Barrow's fist allegedly made inadvertent contact with his wife's facial area, sports journalist Andy Slater reported, citing police.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those who forgave depicted the moment in mystical terms—unpremeditated, unexpected, the words just flowed.—
Kevin Sack,
Time,
3 June 2025
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Richmond initially was charged with unpremeditated murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2024
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“Undirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undirected. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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