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English
Etymology
From aim + -less.
Pronunciation
Adjective
aimless (comparative more aimless, superlative most aimless)
- Without aim, purpose, or direction.
an aimless life
1910, Albert Davis Mead, A method of lobster culture:In the first few days of the fourth stage the lobsterlings are good swimmers — this is their "redeeming vice" — but the swimming is strong and bears no comparison to the aimless drifting movement characteristic of larval stages.
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- “aimless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “aimless”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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