adrift
adverb
[ əˈdrɪft ]
• so as to float without being either moored or steered.
• "a cargo ship went adrift"
adrift
adjective
• floating without being either moored or steered.
• "the seamen are adrift in lifeboats"
• failing to reach a target or winning position.
• "they were only a point adrift at the break"
Similar:
wrong,
mistaken,
inaccurate,
wide of the mark,
off target,
awry,
amiss,
astray,
off course,
off the right track,
Origin:
late 16th century: from a-2 ‘on, in’ + drift.
