adrift

adverb or adjective

ə-ˈdrift

Synonyms of adrift next

: without motive power and without anchor or mooring

a boat adrift on the sea

: without ties, guidance, or security

people morally adrift

: free from restraint or support

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With no lifeboats, limited provisions, and no immediate hope of rescue, they were left adrift in the vast expanse of the Pacific. —

Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025 Atkins and Jackson are left adrift, watching disapprovingly while Poppa and Junior have all the fun. —

Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024 Trump set himself adrift, veering off the teleprompter for long stretches. —

Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024 After years adrift, he was embraced back into the Giants fold for for good when former owner Peter Magowan signed Mays to a lifetime contract in 1993. —

Dan Brown, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for adrift