" directionless "

1: as in purposeless, objectless;

•  Synonyms : 

•  objectless,

•  purposeless,

•  charitable,

•  forgiving,

•  indiscriminate,

•  unsystematic,

•  aimless,

•  arbitrary,

•  catch-as-catch-can,

•  desultory,

•  erratic,

•  haphazard,

•  helter-skelter,

•  hit-or-miss,

•  random,

•  scattered,

•  slapdash,

•  stray,

•  indiscriminating,

•  uncritical,

•  undemanding,

•  undiscriminating,

•  unfussy,

•  unselective

•  Antonyms : 

•  discerning,

•  discriminating,

•  judicious,

•  demanding,

•  exacting,

•  fastidious,

•  finical,

•  finicky,

•  fussy,

•  nitpicky,

•  particular,

•  picky,

•  captious,

•  carping,

•  caviling,

•  critical,

•  faultfinding,

•  hypercritical,

•  judgmental,

•  overcritical,

•  rejective

1: a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned;

  * e.g., " ... we were given very specific directions for the first part of the exam "

•  Synonyms : 

•  behest,

•  charge,

•  command,

•  commandment,

•  decree,

•  dictate,

•  directive,

•  do,

•  edict,

•  imperative,

•  injunction,

•  instruction,

•  order,

•  word

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something;

  * e.g., " ... working under the close direction of the engineering supervisor "

•  Synonyms : 

•  administration,

•  care,

•  charge,

•  conduct,

•  control,

•  governance,

•  government,

•  guidance,

•  handling,

•  intendance,

•  management,

•  operation,

•  oversight,

•  presidency,

•  regulation,

•  running,

•  stewardship,

•  superintendence,

•  superintendency,

•  supervision

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: a guiding or motivating purpose or principle;

  * e.g., " ... a life that seemed to lack any direction other than the mindless pursuit of empty pleasures "

•  Synonyms : 

•  compass,

•  cynosure,

•  focus,

•  lodestar,

•  polestar

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)