Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having no plan.

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  • adjective Having no plan.

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  • adjective Without a plan.

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  • adjective aimlessly drifting

Etymologies

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From plan +‎ -less

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Examples

  • Yet, even in those who are rudderless and "planless," I see the beautiful and innate joy of life (the joie de vivre) which God has implanted in all human beings.

    Catholic Analysis

  • I have a planless night, and I missed socializing last night, so let me know if there are any plan-type things for tonight.

    Odin's Day

  • Sunday is planless, and will probably consist of editing and planning for the week ahead.

    Friday!

  • In the meantime his life remained run down, planless, and empty and idle.

    Chapter 41

  • Except that it snuck up on us this year (last year we went to Arizona and had had plans in place forever), and we are planless and adrift.

    Tew's Day!

  • Tonight is blissfully planless, and will likely feature sorting through stories with Adam and catching up on the TiVo stuff.

    Odin's Day

  • A lot of Democrats, including me, knew back in 2003 that we were in for a planless, violent occupation with no end in sight – it was evident to anyone with their eyes open.

    Matthew Yglesias » Ignorance is Bliss

  • I know you had a timeframe in your head -a kind of plan for the unplannable- as it were, and I think you feel a little lost that the time overran the plan and left you planless -and even worse- goal-less, which is not very you at all.

    An apology for an ill timed death

  • Outside of transport and finance, state regulation was rather random and planless.

    A History of American Law

  • Outside of transport and finance, state regulation was rather random and planless.

    A History of American Law

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