| Futile |
| Random |
| Drifting |
| Wandering |
| Desultory |
| Undirected |
| Discursive |
| Meandering |
| Unmotivated |
| Purposeless |
| Lacking a goal |
| Without a goal |
| Lacking purpose |
| Without purpose |
| Lacking direction |
| Without a purpose |
| Wanting in purpose |
| Like drifting career |
| Far from goal-oriented |
| Drifting — Melissa (anag) |
| Without a goal (letters 3-5) |
| Melissa (anag) — unmotivated |