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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
John Ortberg

Meaning of "aimlessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AIMLESSNESS

aimlessness  [ˈeɪmlɪsnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AIMLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aimlessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AIMLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of aimlessness in the English dictionary

The definition of aimlessness in the dictionary is lack of a goal, purpose, or direction.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AIMLESSNESS


artlessness
ˈɑːtlɪsnɪs
childlessness
ˈtʃaɪldlɪsnɪs
faithlessness
ˈfeɪθlɪsnɪs
fearlessness
ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs
fecklessness
ˈfɛklɪsnɪs
groundlessness
ˈɡraʊndlɪsnɪs
guilelessness
ˈɡaɪllɪsnɪs
heartlessness
ˈhɑːtlɪsnɪs
homelessness
ˈhəʊmlɪsnɪs
lifelessness
ˈlaɪflɪsnɪs
nervelessness
ˈnɜːvlɪsnɪs
noiselessness
ˈnɔɪzlɪsnɪs
relentlessness
rɪˈlɛntlɪsnɪs
senselessness
ˈsɛnslɪsnɪs
shamelessness
ˈʃeɪmlɪsnɪs
tactlessness
ˈtæktlɪsnɪs
tamelessness
ˈteɪmlɪsnɪs
tastelessness
ˈteɪstlɪsnɪs
tunelessness
ˈtjuːnlɪsnɪs
worthlessness
ˈwɜːθlɪsnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AIMLESSNESS

ailurophilic
ailurophobe
ailurophobia
ailurophobic
aim
aimer
aimful
aimfully
aimless
aimlessly
ain
ain´t
aine
ainee
ainga
ainsell
Aintab
Aintree
Ainu
air

WORDS THAT END LIKE AIMLESSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of aimlessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aimlessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AIMLESSNESS

Find out the translation of aimlessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aimlessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aimlessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

漫无目标
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falta de rumbo
570 millions of speakers

English

aimlessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

aimlessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تائة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесцельность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aimlessness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

aimlessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désoeuvrement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa tujuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ziellosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無方針
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

목적성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanpa tujuan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

aimlessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

aimlessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निपुणता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gayesizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aimlessness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezcelowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безцільність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aimlessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άσκοπο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doelloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

planlöshet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aimlessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aimlessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AIMLESSNESS»

The term «aimlessness» is normally little used and occupies the 119.862 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AIMLESSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «aimlessness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «aimlessness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aimlessness

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QUOTES WITH «AIMLESSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word aimlessness.
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John Ortberg
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AIMLESSNESS»

Discover the use of aimlessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aimlessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Patterned Aimlessness: Iris Murdoch's Novels of the 1970s ...
In Patterned Aimlessness Barbara Stevens Heusel brings an order and a clarity to the mystery of Murdoch's narrative form. She shows how this writer of many genres came to integrate philosophy, morality, psychology, language, and ...
Barbara Stevens Heusel, 1995
2
Gaming Matters: Art, Science, Magic, and the Computer Game ...
3 Aimlessness. In a 2009 essay for the New York Times Magazine, media critic Virginia Heffernan argues, “Where television critics lean back, video-game critics lean forward, working wrists and feet and eyes, inputting information and ...
Judd Ethan Ruggill, Ken S. McAllister, 2011
3
The Subterranean Brotherhood
Aimlessness - that's what we get here in prison, and that's all we learn here. Did you ever think what a prison would be if there was any common sense aim in anything? Those fellows could make this place the finest thing you could imagine , ...
Julian Hawthorne, 1stworld Library, 2005
4
The Autobiography of Philosophy: Rousseau's The Reveries of ...
From the beginning, then, Rousseau has as his aim to fix our attention on aimlessness, the principle allowing him to put together body and mind, acting and thinking, without setting them at odds with one another. They are bound together in ...
Michael Davis, 1999
5
Thomas Pynchon
I kept thinking of this suggestion as I read Mason & Dixon, Pynchon's new novel, wondering where it was going, when it would end, whether it could end, why I was enjoying it so much, why its very aimlessness, which bothered me for a couple ...
Harold Bloom, 2003
6
Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
We fill our days with frantic activity, bouncing from task to task, scrambling to make deadlines and chase the next promotion. But by the end of each day we’re often left asking ourselves, Does the work I did today really matter?
Todd Henry, 2013
7
Making Shifts without Making Waves: A Coach Approach to ...
Making Shifts without Making Waves addresses the fears and aimlessness many organizations and leaders face when dealing with transition and change. A TCP Leadership Series title.
Edward H Hammett, James Randy Pierce, 2009
8
Hebrew Gospel of Matthew
... control he needs. The task which the Aesthete sets himself here is paradoxical. He says, for example, "one should nevertheless not be inactive but attach great importance to all the pursuits that are compatible with aimlessness" (EO, 1:298).
George Howard, 1995
9
Our Thinking. . .to What Purpose?
Without goals and/or ambitions, whether lofty in nature or mundane; whether constructive or destructive, we would be living mindlessly in a world of aimlessness. Aimlessness or lack of purpose was not, however, part of God's Grand Design for ...
Nancy Hamilton, 2006
10
Understanding Psychedelic Experience
Seeking meaning in this experience of formlessness, aimlessness, and futility can be quite intense and unpleasant and is probably an amplification of the search for meaning that we all sometimes feel in daily life. Actually, this experience can ...
Robert E. Leihy, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AIMLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aimlessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Time drifts for DJ in music-fueled 'Eden'
Just when I thought it was a mess, its aimlessness began to make complete sense. There's an excellent running joke throughout about Daft ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
Review: DETECTIVE COMICS #42
Not too long ago, there were five ongoings devoted solely to Batman, with a lot of overlap artistically and some aimlessness creatively. «Comicosity, Jul 15»
3
Jesus Loves The Homeless
Worst of all is the terrible, lonely aimlessness-you have nowhere to go, nothing to do, and hope is a splinter that you don't dare remove ... «Crossmap, Jul 15»
4
Figuring It Out, Critical Sales Competency!
Figuring it out is not aimlessness, in fact it is very purposeful and goal directed. People who “figure it out” are doing it to achieve something. «Business 2 Community, Jun 15»
5
Mervyn Eades – his story needs to be told
... deaths, to the streets, to reoffending and to long-term aimlessness. He works with disengaged youth, ex-offenders and long-term job seekers. «The Stringer, Jun 15»
6
Book Review: "My Organic Life" by Nora Pouillon
Pouillon decided that the solution to this aimlessness was a career. Here, her account becomes the stuff that preoccupy so many chef memoirs. «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jun 15»
7
Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted 2' review, starring Mark Wahlberg, Amanda …
The aimlessness became charming, the energy consistently popping and the chemistry between lead actor Mark Wahlberg and his CG ... «TheCelebrityCafe.com, Jun 15»
8
Comet | Movie review
Overly ambitious effects elements aside, where Comet arguably stumbles is in its aimlessness. The trajectories of the relationship and the film ... «The Upcoming, Jun 15»
9
Over the Garden Wall: The Millennial's Fairytale
... (through internal or external means), make an apt metaphor for the aimlessness that comes with young adulthood, and the serious impacts of ... «The Mary Sue, Jun 15»
10
Backpass 6-19-15: The Tyranny of Low Expectations
... but ultimately productive town hall, in which fans could voice their displeasure with the firing of Mike Petke and the aimlessness of NYRB. «Burgundy Wave, Jun 15»

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