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Vinony

aimless

adjective

  1. purposeless/desultory, lacking direction/aim
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Pronunciation: /ˈeɪm.ləs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English aim Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English aimless From aim + -less.

  1. Without aim, purpose, or direction.

    “an aimless life”

    “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.”