directionlessness

Absence of direction.

Noun

  1. Absence of direction.
    • But with unstructured improvisation, the risk that directionlessness will give way to pointlessness is high. - 2007 August 4, Allan Kozinn, “The Generation of ’38, Still Kicking”, in New York Times:
    • The sector is booming and dullness and directionlessness are a plus. - 2013, Jenny Turner, “A Girl and a Gun”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 19:

Origin

From directionless + -ness.