Driftless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having no goal or direction; aimless; purposeless

    "But the society into which I was now introduced swarmed with the gipsies of literature, men who lived careless, driftless lives, without thought of to-morrow."

  2. 2
    Without a drift (mass of matter thrown together, especially by wind or water).
  3. 3
    Random; having no fixed direction.

    "driftless control system"

Synonyms

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aimlesscasualcauselesshaphazardindiscriminateinexplicable

Example

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"But the society into which I was now introduced swarmed with the gipsies of literature, men who lived careless, driftless lives, without thought of to-morrow."

Etymology

From drift + -less.

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Driftless Area

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