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RUDDERLESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rudderless mean?
• RUDDERLESS (adjective)
The adjective RUDDERLESS has 1 sense:
1. aimlessly drifting
Familiarity information: RUDDERLESS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aimlessly drifting
Synonyms:
adrift; afloat; aimless; directionless; planless; rudderless; undirected
Similar:
purposeless (not evidencing any purpose or goal)
Context examples
He was chartless and rudderless, and he had no port to make, while drifting involved the least living, and it was living that hurt.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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