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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

/ əˈ»å°ùɪ´Ú³Ù /

adjective

  1. floating without steering or mooring; drifting
  2. without purpose; aimless
  3. informal.
    off 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of adrift1

First recorded in 1615–25; a- 1 + drift
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At the bottom, all three promoted sides - Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester - are well adrift in the relegation zone and looking as if they are destined for an immediate return to the Championship.

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Stella pointed out that his improvement from last year in China - where he was off Norris' pace and finished more than 40 seconds adrift - pointed to the success of that homework.

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Hamilton took a lonely sixth, closing to just two seconds adrift of Leclerc at the flag on his fresher tyres.

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They lead South America's 10-team qualifying group by five points from Uruguay with six games remaining, with Brazil seven points adrift in fifth.

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Six points adrift of France, with a little over a minute left on the Twickenham clock and with a rookie Fin Smith at fly-half, England desperately needed something.

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