Rudderless

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a rudder.
  2. 2
    Lacking guidance or direction.

    "Their deaths were sobering not merely because of the searingly unbearable wrench of losing those two wonderful people, but because it left me exposed as rudderless."

Adjective
  1. 1
    aimlessly drifting wordnet

Example

More examples

"Their deaths were sobering not merely because of the searingly unbearable wrench of losing those two wonderful people, but because it left me exposed as rudderless."

Etymology

From rudder + -less.

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