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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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Fans who registered for the first drop of tickets but did not receive a time slot and fans who did not buy their maximum 12 general ticket allotment will automatically be entered into the random lottery Drop 2.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Pearce must continue treatment, submit to random drug tests and follow the NFL’s testing protocol.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Long aimless drives opened up my small teenage world.—
Deputy Managing Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Through orchestra, chamber music, and even haphazard improv with friends, music has acted as a bridge to understanding others and continuing to explore and learn with them.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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The creation and adoption of the Balboa Park parking fees happened in just a few months and their haphazard implementation is ample evidence that not enough work was done.—
Venus Molina,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Avoid purposeless arguments online — stick with real-life relationships that need fixing.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Potholes may go unfilled, Davis said, and drivers may have to make unplanned trips to the mechanic shop to fix their tires as a result.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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My whirlwind trip has led to stops (both planned and unplanned) at wineries with near-century-old vines; wineries perched at the edge of Lake Erie; wineries owned by Eastern Europeans with a penchant for polka.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
16 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 second episode of Euphoria’s third season finds Rue basking in the glow of God’s favor and settling into her new life working for the strip-club proprietor Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), who tasks her with scooping pig slop and covering up evidence of a dancer’s accidental overdose.—
Zoe Papelis,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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Photographer Hoda Afshar recalls the image as something almost accidental.—
Adam Pourahmadi,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Undirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undirected. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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