Meanings
comparative more planless · superlative most planless
- Without a plan.
It had been a wretched night. Until I lay down I had not fully realized the extent to which I had counted on finding Josella at Tynsham. Weary though I was after the day's journey, I could not sleep; I lay awake in the darkness feeling stranded and planless.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 180
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveaimlessly drifting
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
- Proto-Italic*plāntā?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
- Proto-Italic*plānktā
- Latinplanta
- Latinplantāre
- Frenchplanterdeverb.
- Frenchplant
- Frenchplan
- Englishplan
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishplanless
Translations
Polish bezplanowy
- bezplanowyTranslations
Swedish planlös
- planlösTranslations
Cite this entry
planless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planless
“planless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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