rootless

root·less (r

s, r

adj.

1. Having no roots.

2. Not belonging to a particular place or society: rootless refugees in a strange country.

rootless·ness n.

rootless [ˈruːtlɪs]

adj

having no roots, esp (of a person) having no ties with a particular place or community

root•less (ˈrut lɪs, ˈrʊt-)

adj.

1. having no roots.

2. having no basis of stability; unsteady: a rootless feeling.

3. having no place or position in society: a rootless wanderer.

[1325–75]

root′less•ness, n.

Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.

rootless - wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"

vagabond

unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"

rootless

adjective footloose, homeless, roving, transient, itinerant, vagabond rootless young people

Translations

rootless [ˈruːtlɪs] ADJ [person etc] → desarraigado

rootless [ˈruːtləs] adj [person] → déraciné(e); [life] → sans racines

rootless

adj plant → wurzellos; (fig) person → ohne Wurzeln; a rootless existence → ein wurzelloses Leben, ein Leben ohne Wurzeln

rootless [ˈruːtlɪs] adj (person) → senza radici

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alienated
anomic
armadillo
behavior
bogmat
carnivorous plant
disoriented
dispossessed
dodder
duckweed family
family Lemnaceae
genlisea
genus Genlisea
genus Wolffia
genus Wolffiella
hornwort
Lemnaceae
liliopsid genus
monocot genus

While this monument was under inspection our interesting couple had the house to themselves, and they spent some time on a pretty terrace where certain windows of the second floor opened--a little rootless verandah which overhung, in a manner, obliquely, all the magnificence of the view; the immense sweep of the river, the artistic plantations, the last-century garden with its big box hedges and remains of old espaliers.

Pandora by James, Henry View in context

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