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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.”
Without friends (without a friend)
Wide
On a boat on the ocean
Missing at sea
Homeless, having no permanent home or residence
Off course, or in a wrong or undesirable direction
“Socrates recounts how this attempt to grasp the immediate, sensible things continually led him adrift.”
On the ocean or sea, typically of a ship or person aboard a ship
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