undirected

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Recent Examples of undirected 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undirected
Adjective
  • Thankfully, there are self-aware jabs as well, and it’s all couched in a character- and ensemble-centric ending that has hearty portions that help the random sour bite go down smoothly.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 June 2026
  • Their choice of 14er was not random.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • Liam, once aimless and unhoused, quickly finds purpose in the charade as a husband and father.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
  • The book is structured as a quest to figure out why a class of aimless young men in late-Thatcherist Blighty get their kicks out of getting paralytically drunk and bashing one another half to death every weekend.
    Leander Schaerlaeckens June 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • In the early 2000s, especially, Ashley favored haphazard updos, with layers falling from the sides, as seen at the spring 2005 Marc Jacobs show in New York.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 12 June 2026
  • However, what ends up on screen is interminably dull, both in its visual construction and in its haphazard narrative swerves.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • The small depression sitting in the middle of their abdomen might seem purposeless, like the body’s own errata.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Avoid purposeless arguments online — stick with real-life relationships that need fixing.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The failure was blamed on the collapse of the H3’s payload support structure, damaging the rocket’s second stage and leading to the unplanned separation of the satellite from the launch vehicle.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
  • Wunnava explained that she was not told about the unplanned trip.
    Cheryl Fiandaca, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • As a pinnacle of Scandinavian design, these shelves are super minimalist in their presentation and no detail has been left unconsidered.
    Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 14 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
Adjective
  • Only a few minutes earlier, Abulaila endured an inadvertent slap to his throat by Arnautovic on a pass into the box.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
  • However, after Monday's inadvertent alarm, the office is looking at that policy.
    Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • Always turn off the electricity and water supply line and remove nearby light fixtures when dealing with bursting ceiling pipes to avoid accidental electrocution.
    Helen Andriatsitohaina, The Spruce, 24 June 2026
  • In fact, the two met via an accidental Instagram follow.
    Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 24 June 2026

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“Undirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undirected. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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