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Meaning of driftless | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Having no goal or direction; aimless; purposeless
  2. Without a drift (mass of matter thrown together, especially by wind or water).
  3. Random; having no fixed direction.

Examples

“But the society into which I was now introduced swarmed with the gipsies of literature, men who lived careless, driftless lives, without thought of to-morrow.”
“driftless control system”
“driftless Wiener process”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

drifty drillable drillproof drinkable drinking drinkless

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