How to pronounce adrift:
Example: "The boat was set adrift"
Example: "There was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"
Example: "After the storm the boats were adrift"
Floating at random.
(of a seaman) absent from his watch.
(often with of) behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
Example: "The team were six points adrift of their rivals."