directionlessness
English
Etymology
From directionless + -ness.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dʌɪˈɹɛkʃənləsnəs/
Noun
directionlessness (uncountable)
- Absence of direction.
- 2007 August 4, Allan Kozinn, “The Generation of ’38, Still Kicking”, in New York Times:
- But with unstructured improvisation, the risk that directionlessness will give way to pointlessness is high.
- 2013, Jenny Turner, ‘A Girl and a Gun’, London Review of Books, vol. 35 no. 19:
- The sector is booming and dullness and directionlessness are a plus.
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