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   a·drift

   /əˈdrift/

   adverb

   • 1. so as to float without being either moored or steered: "a cargo ship went adrift" Similar driftingunmooredunanchored
   • ▪ so as to be without purpose, direction, or guidance: "she found herself cast adrift in a land full of strangers" Similar lostoff courseoff trackoff the right trackhaving lost one's bearingsdisorientateddisorientedconfusedbewildered(all) at seaunsettleddriftingrootlessdirectionlessaimlesspurposelesswithout purposewithout goalat a loose end
   • ▪ so as to be no longer fixed in position: "one of my fillings has come adrift"

   adjective

   • 1. floating without being either moored or steered: "the seamen are adrift in lifeboats" Similar driftingunmooredunanchored
   • ▪ without purpose, direction, or guidance: "the film industry was adrift in a sea of debt" Similar lostoff courseoff trackoff the right trackhaving lost one's bearingsdisorientateddisorientedconfusedbewildered(all) at seaunsettleddriftingrootlessdirectionlessaimlesspurposelesswithout purposewithout goalat a loose end
   • 2. failing to reach a target or winning position: informal British "they were only a point adrift at the break"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from a-2 ‘on, in’ + drift.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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