adjective
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having roots
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deeply felt
rooted objections
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slang tired or defeated
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taboo an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
Other Word Forms
- multirooted adjective
- rootedly adverb
- rootedness noun
- underrooted adjective
- well-rooted adjective
Etymology
Origin of rooted
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English roted; root 1, -ed 2, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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The result was otherworldly, but also rooted in a sound associated with riding the Southern California waves.
From Los Angeles Times
“We have said it very clearly before … National borders and the sovereignty of states are rooted in international law … You cannot annex other countries,” the statement read.
From Salon
As the table above shows, the Move, although it’s rooted in the bond market, has a pretty convincing win rate for stock-market performance up to a year out.
From MarketWatch
Rather, he encourages us to remember that nothing is ever quite what it seems, and that everyone — even the rich and famous — has an inner world and deeply rooted dreams that we know nothing about.
From Salon
From the ’80s setting of “Stranger Things” to a 52-year-old George Harrison song, it seems like a lot of projects you work on are rooted in the past.
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