"run adrift" meaning in English

See run adrift in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: runs adrift [present, singular, third-person], running adrift [participle, present], ran adrift [past], run adrift [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> adrift}} run adrift (third-person singular simple present runs adrift, present participle running adrift, simple past ran adrift, past participle run adrift)
  1. To continue without being steered (usually having been abandoned). (of a ship) Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-run_adrift-en-verb-ebUjCrT9 Disambiguation of Nautical: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. (figurative, by extension) To be aimless or pointless; to make no progress. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-run_adrift-en-verb-V5PAtZ8v

Inflected forms

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        "(figurative, by extension) To be aimless or pointless; to make no progress."
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