adrift

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  1. adverb Drifting or floating freely; not anchored.
  2. adverb Without direction or purpose: "The report is about people in their twenties and how alienated and adrift they feel” (Tom Shales).

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  • Both are in touching distance of the Reds at the Premier League summit with Liverpool a point behind and Chelsea four adrift, although crucially United have a game in hand. —  ManUtd.com News RSS
  • House is totally adrift, and proved it last night. —  NPR Topics: News
  • The Thai military has admitted to taking hundreds of Rohingyas out to sea and cutting them adrift, although the country insists that they had adequate food and water. —  All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
  • Sylvia is both delectably kooky and touchingly adrift, as are the other affectionately drawn main characters in "End Days." —  The Seattle Times
  • At once obsessed and adrift, the couple shares rhythms that are lovely, spooky, and urgent.
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