adrift
/əˈdɹɪft/
adjective
- 1
Floating at random.
- 2
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
- 3
(often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
“The team were six points adrift of their rivals.”
adverb
- 1
In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
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