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rootless

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root·less  (rtls, rt-)
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.rootlessrootless - 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
rootless [ˈruːtlɪs] adj (person) → senza radici


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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.
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