Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈeɪm.ləs/
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ˈeɪm.ləs
Adjective
Without aim, purpose, or direction.
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an aimless life
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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.
Adjective
aimlessly drifting
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
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a drifting double-dealer
the floating population
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vagrant hippies of the sixties