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Adrift

/əˈdɹɪft/

Floating at random.

📖 Definitions of "Adrift"

adjective
  1. 1

    Floating at random.

  2. 2

    (of a seaman) Absent from his watch.

  3. 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. 1

    In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

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