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free-floating

American  
[free-floh-ting] / ˈfriˈfloʊ tɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized.

    free-floating hostility.

  2. (of people) uncommitted, as to a doctrine, political party, etc.; independent.

    free-floating opportunists.

  3. capable of relatively free movement.

free-floating British  

adjective

  1. unattached or uncommitted, as to a cause, a party, etc

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Other Word Forms

  • free-floater noun

Etymology

Origin of free-floating

First recorded in 1920–25

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