planlessadj.
/ˈplanləs/, U.S. /ˈplænləs/ Lacking a plan or aim; unsystematic, directionless, disorganized.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > lacking a plan
planless1795
schemeless1877
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adjective] > random
random1655
loose1681
desultory1692
errabund1835
planless1937
1795 tr. C. M. Wieland Dialogues of Gods ii. 94 All the dangers and mischiefs of a sudden, planless [Ger. planlos], and perhaps universally ruinous revolution.
1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein i. iv. 40 Every planless [Ger. planlos] measure, chance event..Will they connect, and weave them all together Into one web of treason; all will be plan [Ger. planvoll].
1852 J. S. Blackie On Stud. Lang. 11 Where not stupid, how often careless, aimless, and planless!
1887 J. J. Hissey Holiday on Road 69 All England was before us; ours was a planless expedition.
1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier iv. 51 Little brick houses..festering in planless chaos.
1942 J. Steinbeck Moon is Down ii. 25 Fine weapons and fine planning against unarmed, planless enemies.
1957 Economist 21 Dec. 1042/3 Why should one section of the community, the trade unionists, contract out of this planless ‘opportunity state’?
1993 Independent 30 Mar. 19/6 The deputies almost all agree that Yeltsin's sudden and planless destruction of the command economy was a mistake.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1795