"steerless" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "stereles"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English stereles",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sterelees"
      },
      "expansion": "sterelees",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "stēorlēas",
        "t": "ungovernable, unruly"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English stēorlēas (“ungovernable, unruly”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "steer",
        "3": "-less"
      },
      "expansion": "steer + -less",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English stereles, sterelees, from Old English stēorlēas (“ungovernable, unruly”), equivalent to steer + -less.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "steerless (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -less",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having no rudder."
      ],
      "id": "en-steerless-en-adj-dPngnl-b",
      "links": [
        [
          "rudder",
          "rudder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Having no rudder."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -less",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Without a guiding or steering influence; haphazard."
      ],
      "id": "en-steerless-en-adj-c89rztBe",
      "links": [
        [
          "haphazard",
          "haphazard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Without a guiding or steering influence; haphazard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪələs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪɹləs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "steerless"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms suffixed with -less",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "stereles"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English stereles",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sterelees"
      },
      "expansion": "sterelees",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "stēorlēas",
        "t": "ungovernable, unruly"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English stēorlēas (“ungovernable, unruly”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "steer",
        "3": "-less"
      },
      "expansion": "steer + -less",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English stereles, sterelees, from Old English stēorlēas (“ungovernable, unruly”), equivalent to steer + -less.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "steerless (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having no rudder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rudder",
          "rudder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Having no rudder."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Without a guiding or steering influence; haphazard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "haphazard",
          "haphazard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Without a guiding or steering influence; haphazard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪələs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪɹləs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "steerless"
}