Rudderless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rudderless is an adjective meaning Without a rudder.
Meaning
Without a rudder.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Lacking guidance or direction.
Example Sentences
As Christian Wolmar said in RAIL 990, our railway is "leaderless and rudderless", and drifting inexorably towards the rocks of total chaos.
Their deaths were sobering not merely because of the searingly unbearable wrench of losing those two wonderful people, but because it left me exposed as rudderless.
Synonyms for rudderless
Depending on context, synonyms include adrift, aimless, afloat, directionless, purposeless, planless.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include planless, purposeless, aimless, directionless, adrift, afloat.
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