Antonyms for unaimed

Grammar : Adj

Spell : eym

Phonetic Transcription : eɪm

Definition of unaimed

Origin : early 14c., "target;" late 14c., "guess;" from aim (v.). Meaning "action of aiming" is from early 15c. (to take aim, originally make aim); that of "thing intended, purpose" is from 1620s.

As in random : adj haphazard, chance

Example sentences :

It shows how dangerous this unaimed fire can be when it comes in quantities.
Extract from : « Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie » by George Brenton Laurie

This method of preparing an attack by a great volume of unaimed—not undirected—rifle fire is worthy of the closest attention.
Extract from : « London to Ladysmith via Pretoria » by Winston Spencer Churchill

One man was killed and one wounded just at dark by unaimed fire and by the last shots fired.
Extract from : « The Record of a Regiment of the Line » by M. Jacson

From out of the darkness which hung like a shroud over the deck an occasional flash came up, unaimed, wide of our windows.
Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings

From out of the darkness which hung like a shroud over the deck an occasional flash came up, unaimed—wide of our windows.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

An unaimed bullet—a stop in the heart's pulsation—and the star we followed has gone out, God knows whither.
Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

The majority of wounds was due to shell-fire and unaimed machine-gun bullets, as there was very little genuine fighting.
Extract from : « The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) » by Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell

I fired an unaimed shot over my shoulder, which did no good at all except for lifting my morale.
Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith

Unaimed bullets wailed through the air, and pattered as they struck the walls.
Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell

In a battle of infantry you are mostly hit by an unaimed shot, or a shot aimed into a mass of men.
Extract from : « Letters from France » by C. E. W. Bean

Synonyms for unaimed

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019