unaimed

Example Sentences

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His overwhelmed opponent, another local boy fighting in his first Rough N Rowdy, ducked his head in fear, flailing his arms, unaimed, finding little but air as Jordan ducked and bobbed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2017

The firing on both sides was unaimed, and very little harm was done.

From London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Churchill, Winston

Helter-skelter we pour forth our unaimed words merely for our personal relief, heedless whether they help or hinder him whom they still purport to address.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman

The facts are that the Russians were beaten by superior morale; that unaimed fire, at random, there perhaps more than elsewhere, had the only material effect.

From Battle Studies by Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph

Their fire under such conditions is therefore unaimed and wild at the best, and may be wholly ineffective.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various