Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no rudder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Having no rudder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Having no
rudder . - adjective figuratively Without a guiding or steering influence;
haphazard .
Etymologies
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steer + -less
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Examples
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From all his policies and webs of fear and treachery, from all his stratagems and wars his mind shook free; and throughout his realm a tremor ran, his slaves quailed, and his armies halted, and his captains suddenly steerless, bereft of will, wavered and despaired.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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