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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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Dictionary Entry

directionless

Part of Speech: adjectivePronunciation: /dih-REK-shuh-nləs/

Lacking direction; aimless.

In a Sentence

“Without a clear plan, the project felt directionless, drifting from one idea to the next.”

Origin

From the noun 'direction' plus the suffix '-less', formed in Middle English from Latin 'directio' meaning 'a directing'.

Common Phrases

. directionlessyoung directionlesslife directionlesswandering directionlesslight directionlessconsensus directionless

Synonyms

adriftaimlessafloatrudderlesspurposelessundirected

Antonyms

purposefulguideddirected

Related Words

planlessindirected

Poetry examples for “directionless”

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