untethered

British  

/ ʌnˈtɛðəd /

adjective

1. not tied or limited with or as if with a tether

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Example Sentences

“We believe current equity valuations have become broadly untethered from fundamentals,” warn managers James Hollier and James Kovacs at investment firm Silver Beech.

From MarketWatch

“It was a daunting idea to try and pull together all the threads of the story we’d woven prior to this moment. I felt incredibly lost and a bit untethered.”

From Los Angeles Times

Often, the camera is too untethered from its surroundings to take in the details or the emotions.

From Los Angeles Times

“Meme Stocks often trade untethered from ... fundamentals, driven instead by speculative fervor and viral momentum.”

From Los Angeles Times

In Christianity, the individual believer was untethered from a wider religious community and became the locus of meaning and authority.

From The Wall Street Journal