directionless

English

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English direction
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 directionless

    From direction + -less.

    Adjective

    directionless (comparative more directionless, superlative most directionless)

    1. Lacking direction; aimless.
      • 2022 July 20, Jon Caramanica, “R&B That Sweats, Emotionally and Physically”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 November 2024:
        “Rolling Stone” is spacious and ethereal but not directionless — it is R&B that privileges mood over structure, soft daubs of feeling over authoritative belting.

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