rootless

[ root-lis, root- ]

/ ˈrut lɪs, ˈrʊt- /

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adjective

having no roots.

having no basis of stability; unsteady: a rootless feeling resulting from economic and social change.

having no place or position in society; not in accord with the environment: the homeless, rootless wanderer.

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Origin of rootless

First recorded in 1325–75, rootless is from the Middle English word rooteles.See root¹, -less

OTHER WORDS FROM rootless

root·less·ness, noun

Words nearby rootless

rooting compound, rooting reflex, rootkit, root knot, rootle, rootless, rootlet, root mean square, root nodule, root of lung, root of nail

How to use rootless in a sentence

She is rootless and stateless, having little in the way of rights or protection from exploitation.
The Young Girls Escaping the ISIS War|Chandra Kellison|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are living a rootless existence in 6th of October City, the satellite settlement now home to thousands of civil-war refugees.
Desperate to Go to War, Syrians in Egypt Find an Ally to Help|Alastair Beach, Abdulhamid Mallas|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There had been neighbors—quiet-spoken folk with something more real about them than most of today's rootless world knew.
The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson
There is no end to the quickening power of knowledge; but mere individual, rootless acts of benevolence are soon added up.
The Claims of Labour|Arthur Helps

And thus it is that when anything happens to disturb or break up their earthly home their rootless religiosity goes with it.
Bunyan Characters|Alexander Whyte
Nitella flexis is almost a rootless plant, and will grow without any care.
Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880|Various
Within Walden's lifetime, others, cut off from their own race, lonely and rootless in the midst of the new.
Homo Inferior|Mari Wolf

British Dictionary definitions for rootless

rootless

/ (ˈruːtlɪs) /

adjective

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

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rootless

Origin of rootless

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