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Meanings of rudderless in English

Aimlessly drifting.

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Usage of rudderless in English
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But South Africa, still the major player in the region, was rudderless.
The South African
2
The Tories are 'tired, divided and rudderless' and no longer deserve support.
The Guardian
3
What they cannot cope with is uncertainty; and so they were rudderless.
The Irish Times
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It seemed both times we were rudderless, Warriors coach Steve Kerr observed.
Reuters
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Her mind was adrift, rudderless behind eyes that saw some unspeakable horror.
The king of lies
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Devil and angel fought their last battle over Travers' drifting, rudderless nature.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
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The group has been left rudderless since Chavez was sidelined with cancer.
Reuters
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I was rudderless, not sure I even wanted to stay at West Point.
Riding rockets
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People were upset then about the rudderless direction of the company.
Reuters
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Her departure will leave the city's two major arts centres rudderless.
The Irish Times
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They were rudderless, drained of confidence and utterly lacking in conviction.
The Guardian
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The Stasis is broken, Pierce, it's drifting rudderless toward the end of time.
Palimpsest
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Without those things, the soul was rudderless, lost as a sailor without stars.
The river kings' road
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He is a rudderless drifter without a motive behind the mayhem.
Reuters
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One is left compassless, rudderless, chartless on a sea of ideas.
The Little Lady of the Big House
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Suddenly he was the captain of a rudderless ship on an uncharted ocean.
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