Drifting randomly or without control
“The boat was adrift about two hundred yards ahead of me.”
Confused or disorientated, especially with regards to one's purpose
“I was adrift in a sea of uncertainty.”
Without a specific purpose, direction, or guidance
“We could not admit, even to ourselves, that we were losing focus on our dream. Our lives were adrift without a goal.”
No longer in a fixed or fastened in position
“One of the turret covers had come adrift and impacted the fin, causing a partial loss of rudder effectiveness.”
Inaccurate or wrong in one's assessment or opinion
“The question is whether petrologists are not entirely adrift on the subject.”
Homeless, having no permanent home or residence
Adrift or missing in the sea or ocean
Having been shunned or rejected by others
Off course, or in a wrong or undesirable direction
“Socrates recounts how this attempt to grasp the immediate, sensible things continually led him adrift.”
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