driftless

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adjective

Having no goal or direction; aimless; purposeless

“driftless control system”

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Meanings

adjectivedriftless (comparative more driftless, superlative most driftless)

comparative more driftless · superlative most driftless

  1. Having no goal or direction; aimless; purposeless

    But the society into which I was now introduced swarmed with the gipsies of literature, men who lived careless, driftless lives, without thought of to-morrow.

    1898, Charles Gavan Duffy, s:My Life in Two Hemispheres, Chapter 2
  2. Without a drift (mass of matter thrown together, especially by wind or water).
  3. Random; having no fixed direction.

    driftless control system

    1 more example

    driftless Wiener process

Origin

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APA

driftless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftless

MLA

“driftless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “driftless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftless.

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