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Having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
Answer for the clue "Having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal ", 12 letters:
indirectness
Word definitions for indirectness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indirectness \In`di*rect"ness\, n. The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness. Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty. --W. Montagu.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal [ant: directness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The condition of being indirect
Usage examples of indirectness.
My only -and rather pitiable - concession to the Principle of Indirectness had been to take the slow rather than the express line from one city to another.
Anything was better than this constant indirectness of gaining his father's views through his mother.