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uh-DRIFT/əˈdrɪft/

Adrift means not fastened, or (of a plan, project, or person) without direction: a boat adrift, a project adrift. Drift (already in the dictionary) is the verb; anchored sits opposite. “Flow” is a comms word for a sitting with no named invigilator.

Meaning

Not fastened, or (of a plan or person) without direction or purpose.

Examples

• “A sitting adrift of a named invigilator is a rota failure, not “flow”.”
• “Unmoored is the close twin. Drift is already in this course. Directionless is everyday. Flow is branding. A name on a rota is the mooring. Write the name; then the metaphor.”

Good to know

Unmoored; without direction. Verb: drift (already in the dictionary). Close: unmoored. Contrast: anchored. Flow ≠ a blank rota.

Near in meaning

unmoored

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