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Antonyms for undirected
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uhn-di-rek-tid, -dahy- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dɪˈrɛk tɪd, -daɪ- |
- calm
- certain
- common
- consistent
- decided
- definite
- deliberate
- dependable
- determined
- directed
- goal-oriented
- methodical
- motivated
- normal
- particular
- planned
- pointed
- predictable
- purposeful
- reasonable
- regular
- reliable
- resolute
- sensible
- significant
- specific
- stable
- standard
- steadfast
- steady
- sure
- systematic
- unchanging
- useful
- usual
Definition of undirected
- As in purposeless : adj useless, insignificant
- As in aimless : adj having no goal
- As in erratic : adj unpredictable; wandering
- That is only due to the fact that their energy is undirected, not that they can do nothing.
- Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
- Men ran here and there, as if undirected, not knowing what to do.
- Extract from : « The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards » by Gerald Breckenridge
- Both are mischievous when undirected, and both are glorious when used for good.
- Extract from : « Three Things » by Elinor Glyn
- But there is something to be said for "undirected relief" quite the same.
- Extract from : « The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays » by Ambrose Bierce
- They did not stop their work on "the ship-duffle," but it became aimless and undirected.
- Extract from : « Angel Island » by Inez Haynes Gillmore
- The discussion should not lapse into undirected, fragmentary conversation.
- Extract from : « Beginner's Book in Language » by H. Jeschke
- He thrust into Merry's hand a soiled, sealed and undirected envelope.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Backers » by Burt L. Standish
- Habit and movement by intuition are expressions of undirected thought.
- Extract from : « Seed Thoughts for Singers » by Frank Herbert Tubbs
- They are said to be due to the undirected and unintended operation of physical laws.
- Extract from : « What is Darwinism? » by Charles Hodge
- This, however, cannot be done by casual and undirected emigration of the old kind.
- Extract from : « Outspoken Essays » by William Ralph Inge
Synonyms for undirected
- aberrant
- abnormal
- accidental
- aimless
- anomalous
- any which way
- arbitrary
- bits-and-pieces
- bizarre
- blind
- capricious
- careless
- casual
- chance
- changeable
- designless
- desultory
- devious
- dicey
- directionless
- drifting
- dubious
- eccentric
- empty
- erratic
- fanciful
- feckless
- fickle
- fitful
- fits and starts
- flaky
- flighty
- floundering
- fluctuant
- fortuitous
- frivolous
- fustian
- goalless
- good-for-nothing
- haphazard
- heedless
- hit-or-miss
- idiosyncratic
- iffy
- incalculable
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- indecisive
- indiscriminate
- irregular
- irresolute
- meandering
- meaningless
- mercurial
- motiveless
- needless
- nomadic
- nonsensical
- objectless
- oddball
- peculiar
- planetary
- pointless
- purportless
- purposeless
- rambling
- random
- roving
- senseless
- shifting
- shiftless
- spasmodic
- strange
- stray
- thoughtless
- unavailing
- uncalled for
- uncertain
- undirected
- unguided
- unhelpful
- unnatural
- unnecessary
- unplanned
- unpredictable
- unprofitable
- unpurposed
- unreliable
- unstable
- unusual
- vacuous
- vagarious
- vagrant
- variable
- volatile
- wandering
- wanton
- wayward
- weird
- whimsical
- worthless
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