adrift
adj.adj. floating on the water without being tied to anything or controlled by anyone. You can also use it to describe a person who feels lost or has no clear purpose in life.
adj. floating without being moored or steered; by extension, lacking a sense of purpose or direction. Often follows a linking verb such as 'be', 'feel', or 'seem'.
The small boat was adrift in the middle of the lake.
After losing his job of twenty years, he felt completely adrift and unsure of his next move.
The vessel was found adrift several miles offshore, its engines silent and its crew nowhere to be seen, sparking an immediate investigation by the coastguard.
From a- + drift.
Used predicatively after a verb; rarely placed before a noun.
an adrift boata boat adriftAdrift is an 'a-' adjective and typically follows the noun or a linking verb rather than preceding the noun.