aimlessness

/ˈeɪmɫəsnəs/ noun

The state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction.

Word Origin Aim comes from Latin aestimare 'to estimate, value' — originally, to aim was to calculate a target's value. The suffix -less (from Old English leas 'without') makes it 'without aim,' and -ness turns it into a state. So aimlessness is the condition of having no target. Related words: estimate, estimable, overestimate, underestimate. The PIE root for -less is *leu- 'to loosen, divide' — being without something is being loose from it.

noun The state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction. countable

After graduation, he drifted through life with a sense of aimlessness that worried his family.

(名词) 无目的性;漫无目的

毕业后,他带着一种让家人担忧的无目标感在生活中漂泊。

(sustantivo) falta de rumbo; desorientación; deriva; ir a la deriva; vagancia [El estado o cualidad de estar sin rumbo, o sin propósito o dirección.]

Después de graduarse, él vagó por la vida con una sensación de desorientación que preocupaba a su familia.

(nom) errance; vagabondage; désœuvrement [État d'une personne ou d'une chose sans but, sans direction ni objectif.]

Après l'obtention de son diplôme, il a traversé la vie avec un tel manque de direction que sa famille s'en inquiétait.

(Substantiv) Ziellosigkeit; Planlosigkeit [Der Zustand, ohne klares Ziel, Zweck oder Richtung zu sein.]

Nach dem Abschluss trieb er mit einem Gefühl der **aimlessness** durchs Leben, was seine Familie beunruhigte.

(名詞) 目的や方向が欠けている状態、ぶらぶらしている性質

卒業後、彼は目的のない生活を送り、家族を心配させた。

(substantivo) falta de rumo; desorientação; indefinição [O estado ou qualidade de ser sem rumo, ou sem propósito ou direção.]

Após a formatura, ele vagou pela vida com um sentimento de falta de propósito que preocupava sua família.

Word parts: aim + less + ness

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