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Rudderless in a sentence

Rudderless meaning

  1. Without a rudder.
  2. Lacking guidance or direction.

Synonyms of Rudderless

adrift afloat aimless directionless planless undirected purposeless

Related words

Other words often associated with Rudderless or its synonyms:

floating inundated desultory sunken unsettled drifting pointless flooded aground vagrant overflowing purposeful

Using Rudderless

  • The main meaning on this page is: Without a rudder. | Lacking guidance or direction.
  • Useful related words include: adrift, afloat, aimless, directionless.
  • In the example corpus, rudderless often appears in combinations such as: were rudderless, is rudderless, the rudderless.

Context around Rudderless

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 13 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

feeling 2× felt 1× current 1× become 1× left 1× now 1×

Often after:

phase 1× explains 1× ship 1× hospital 1× country 1× leadership 1× life 1× pdp 1× following 1×

Sentence patterns with Rudderless

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and current rudderless leadership 1× be left rudderless following his 1× buhari is rudderless 1× country feeling rudderless explains dr 1× from the rudderless phase before 1× given my rudderless life meaning 1× has become rudderless even with 1× he felt rudderless 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after tito s 1× everybody and their 1× falae a former 1× from all indications 1× her flagship policy 1× i loved how 1×

Common sentence endings:

adjustment and reaction 1× also stepping down 1× borno senatorial seat 1× buhari is rudderless 1× current rudderless leadership 1× from the jump 1×

Words around Rudderless

Just before it in the word index:

rudder 109 rudden 5 ruddelle 3 ruddell 3 rudd 247 rudbek 2

Just after it in the word index:

rudders 14 ruddick 4 ruddigore 18 ruddiness 2 ruddle 3 ruddock 28

Similar in corpus frequency:

aare 29 aarti 29 abl 29 academician 29 acquaint 29 adar 29

Corpus analysis for Rudderless

  • In this selection, "rudderless" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, feeling, felt, current, phase, explains and ship stand out and add context to how "rudderless" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and current rudderless leadership and be left rudderless following his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "rudderless" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with rudderless

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

No longer “in the game”, he felt rudderless. (8 words)

It left Atlanta feeling not just rudderless, but purposeless. (9 words)

Everybody and their brother knew they were rudderless from the jump. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Falae, a former Secretary to the Government of Federation, while speaking further, said they were in Ibadan to start the rebuilding of a new Nigeria project so as to safeguard the future of the nation from precipice and current “rudderless leadership”. (41 words)

With black-hearted Red Rock Mountain Medical figurehead Logan Kim ousted, the rudderless hospital finds its new CEO in star orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kit Voss (Jane Leeves), when she spearheads Chastain’s transition from private to public hospital. (38 words)

The country’s refusal, or inability, to do anything more is both an indictment of its indecision on this conflict and a sign of how rudderless its foreign policy has become. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

These rumblings can lead to a storm of operational disruptions, leaving hoteliers feeling rudderless in a marketplace that requires constant adjustment and reaction.

It left Atlanta feeling not just rudderless, but purposeless.

The country’s refusal, or inability, to do anything more is both an indictment of its indecision on this conflict and a sign of how rudderless its foreign policy has become.

Everybody and their brother knew they were rudderless from the jump.

In FSI’s estimation, Nigeria, in its Muhammadu Buhari, is rudderless.

In Seligman’s adaptation of her of the same name, Sennott plays Danielle, a young Jewish woman and student at Columbia who is rudderless.

The election got the British out of a very ugly hole and like it or not we have something we can deal with and are free from the rudderless phase before.

This left the country feeling 'rudderless' explains Dr Cope, as the nation descended towards rock bottom.

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Watched from sidelines as Ronald Reagan tried to steer a rudderless ship of state.

With black-hearted Red Rock Mountain Medical figurehead Logan Kim ousted, the rudderless hospital finds its new CEO in star orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kit Voss (Jane Leeves), when she spearheads Chastain’s transition from private to public hospital.

He does not willy-nilly his way through life, reacting to life’s vicissitudes as if he were rudderless.

No longer “in the game”, he felt rudderless.

After Tito's death in 1980, his yacht declined in tandem with his rudderless country: Galeb was left to rot as the federation collapsed in a series of bloody wars.

Falae, a former Secretary to the Government of Federation, while speaking further, said they were in Ibadan to start the rebuilding of a new Nigeria project so as to safeguard the future of the nation from precipice and current “rudderless leadership”.

From all indications, the PDP has become rudderless, even with the entry of Senator Abba Aji, at the eleventh hour to seek for the central Borno Senatorial seat.

Her flagship policy would be sunk and Britain would be rudderless.

I loved how caring for her had given my rudderless life meaning.

In the area of infrastructural development, Fashion and APC 3 years plus have achieved more than l6 years of rudderless PDP.

Mr Wright also rejected fears the board could be left “rudderless” following his departure and that of chairman of the board, Dr Stephen Logan, who is also stepping down.

Nawaz’s younger brother Shahbaz was never accepted as a leader by the PML-N, which is now rudderless.

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Common combinations with rudderless

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "rudderless" in a sentence?
An example: "These rumblings can lead to a storm of operational disruptions, leaving hoteliers feeling rudderless in a marketplace that requires constant adjustment and reaction." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "rudderless" from authentic English texts.
What does "rudderless" mean?
Rudderless means: Without a rudder.
What are synonyms of "rudderless"?
Common synonyms of "rudderless" include: adrift, afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, undirected, purposeless.
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