The Clue
Aimless (8 letter answer)
The Answer
RAMBLING
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Notes
The answer RAMBLING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
On an aimless course
Like an absent-minded professor, maybe
Definition
RAMBLE as a verb:
1. (ramble on, ramble, jog) = continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs"
2. (roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond) = move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
RAMBLING as an adjective:
1. (digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling) = (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
2. (meandering, rambling, wandering, winding) = of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"