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adrift

[uh-drift]

adjective

  1. floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored.

    The survivors were adrift in the rowboat for three days.

  2. lacking aim, direction, or stability.



adrift

/ əˈɪڳ /

adjective

  1. floating without steering or mooring; drifting

  2. without purpose; aimless

  3. informaloff course or amiss

    the project went adrift

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adrift1

First recorded in 1615–25; a- 1 + drift
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But he seems completely adrift when speaking his lines.

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By the time the Monegasque stopped again on lap 40, Hamilton was 10 seconds adrift.

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Relegation was never really a worry with the bottom three so far adrift - although their points totals would have taken them down in four different Premier League seasons.

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Despite twice holding group leaders Sweden, Wilkinson's side are four points adrift at the bottom of Nations League Group A4 and still waiting for their first win.

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But then s— hits the fan and suddenly Billie is adrift.

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