aimless
/ˈeɪm.ləs/
aimless adjective: without aim, purpose, or direction.
Adjective
aimless (comparative more aimless, superlative most aimless)
- 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.1910, Albert Davis Mead, A method of lobster culture
aimless meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
aimless in Tamil
- இலக்கற்ற, குறிக்கோளற்ற, திசையற்று
aimless in Urdu
- اٹکل پچو, بےمقصد, بےتکا
aimless in Bengali
- লক্ষ্যহীন
aimless in Telugu
- without aim
- అగమ్యగోచరము agamyagōcaramu
More languagesFewer languages
- aimless in Malayalam
- ലക്കില്ലാത്ത, ഉദ്ദേശ്യരഹിതമായ, ലക്ഷ്യമില്ലാത്ത
- aimless in Kannada
- ಗೊತ್ತು ಗುರಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಬೇಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಯಾದ, ಉದ್ದೇಶವಿಲ್ಲದ
- aimless in Odia
- ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟହୀନ lakṣyahina
Examples of aimless in a sentence
- Soon after, Charlie Mulgrew's aimless ball out of defence fell to Dembele, who gave it to Hazard.
- Thereafter, the youth gives many years to aimless wandering about the South and the Middle West.
- The plot revolves around an aimless and unemployed young man, M, whose sole ambition is to livestream his online games.
Forms of aimless
| comparative | more aimless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most aimless |
Origin of aimless
From aim + -less.
Words formed from aimless
Questions about aimless
- What does aimless mean?
- Aimless means without aim, purpose, or direction.
- What is aimless in Tamil?
- Aimless in Tamil is இலக்கற்ற, குறிக்கோளற்ற, திசையற்று. See Aimless meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aimless?
- Aimless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce aimless?
- Aimless is pronounced /ˈeɪm.ləs/.
Words near aimless in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aimless (page history and authors); aimless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aimless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aimless (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aimless (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aimless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-aimless.wav.
Cite this entry: “aimless.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/aimless. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.