rootless
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6.4
- adjective
- /ˈruːtləs/
- Followers of the Salafi tended to be lower middle class and, even more often, rootless, jobless youths.
- rootless and mobile
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Watch on YouTubeAnd therefore, you know, how can our philosophy, our religion, if it's rootless in nature, how can it really be true?
- And therefore, you know, how can our philosophy, our religion, if it's rootless in nature, how can it really be true?
Examples
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For too many years, she and Maggot had been rootless, blown about from place to place like leaves in a storm.
Fiction book (2002) -
And therefore, you know, how can our philosophy, our religion, if it's rootless in nature, how can it really be true?
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And you find that sort of rootless existence appealing, do you?
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Well, I'm sure your dad has excellent reasons for leading a rootless and impulsive life.
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So I traveled, I left, I spent years bumming around rootless.
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These people are... rootless, Godless drifters.
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Because he couldn't see the faces of his family, his joy felt weirdly rootless.
Fiction book (1990) -
Rootless and disheartened, he had enrolled in law school at Boalt Hall in Berkeley.
Fiction book (1999) -
I wanted to cry out for the frogs, the toads, the salamanders, for my own disconnected and rootless self.
Fiction book (1991) -
After moving to three different cities in one year, he felt completely rootless and uncertain about where to call home.
Synonyms
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7.8
Living from place to place without a fixed home
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6.8
Having no firm base or sense of belonging
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
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8.9
A person who has no permanent home and feels at home in many places
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Etymology
Rootless comes from root meaning 'the part of a plant that holds it in the ground or a person's family and home' and the ending -less meaning 'without'. So a rootless person is like a plant with no roots — someone who has no fixed home or strong ties.