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单词 aimlessly
释义

aimless

adjective

aim·​less ˈām-ləs How to pronounce aimless (audio)
: without aim or purpose : not having a goal or purpose
… we would not get to sit on the verandah drinking cold beer at the end of the day, starting up aimless conversations with other couples … Alexandra Kennedy
Some years, you feel that nothing much is being made except plotless tales about aimless young people wasting time … Robin Buss
The wind blew, the shad were nowhere to be found, even steady use of our fish locator and aimless trolling around the lakes failed to provoke a single strike. Steve Davis
aimlessly adverb
… whenever they had the chance, he and Zave would climb the steep streets and walk aimlessly beneath the arching trees, looking at the mansions. James A. Michener
aimlessness noun
… my friends are all prematurely successful in their worthwhile, absorbing careers, and I am frightening my parents and maybe even myself with my aimlessness. Daphne Uviller

Synonyms

  • arbitrary
  • catch-as-catch-can
  • desultory
  • erratic
  • haphazard
  • helter-skelter
  • hit-or-miss
  • random
  • scattered
  • slapdash
  • stray
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Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

aimless

adjective

aim·​less
ˈām-ləs
: lacking a goal or purpose
an aimless existence
aimless conversations

aimlessly

adverb

as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method wandered aimlessly through the forest until we were hopelessly lost

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • randomly
  • haphazardly
  • erratically
  • desultorily
  • casually
  • haphazard
  • irregularly
  • willy-nilly
  • at random
  • anyway
  • carelessly
  • informally
  • indiscriminately
  • capriciously
  • arbitrarily
  • anywise
  • anyhow
  • helter-skelter
  • whimsically
  • promiscuously
  • unconsciously
  • accidentally
  • fitfully
  • intermittently
  • inadvertently
  • unwittingly
  • unintentionally
  • offhandedly
  • fortuitously
  • hit or miss
  • unpredictably
  • offhand
  • disjointedly
  • disconnectedly
  • spottily
  • higgledy-piggledy
  • topsy-turvy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • systematically
  • methodically
  • carefully
  • deliberately
  • orderly
  • formally
  • intentionally
  • gingerly
  • purposefully
  • purposely
  • meticulously
  • punctiliously
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