impossible dream
chase rainbows
will o' the wisp
in one's sights
manque
tantalising
tantalizing
hope against hope
nongoal
goalless
go after
idealist
plan
vision
cross-purpose
high hopes
pie in the sky
directness
straightness
ideal-seeking behavior
indirectness
in spite of oneself
fair game
cause
goalward
single-minded
frustrating
frustrative
thwarting
point
possibilism
aim
not give much for someone's chances
target
direct
place
would-be
directional
cold water
object
castle in the air
objective
hypothetical imperative
nonambition
aspire
blue-skies
mania
self-serving
success
short
astray
cacoethes
pipe dream
wide
passion
nonachievement
sitting duck
pie-in-the-sky
unambition
nonaccomplishment
chase a rainbow
drive
ironically
staunch
idea
pursuer
wishfulness
unrealistically
abstraction
set one's cap at
counter-intention
if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
hopeium
eccentric
counterproductive
shiftless
terminus ad quem
utopian
or bust
tactic
unrealisticness
home free
terminus
game
tactics
life goal
wantum
maneuver
manoeuvre
destination
will on
self-abnegation
non-goal