untethered

/ ʌnˈtɛðəd /

adjective

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

Example Sentences

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

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All the president would have to do is declare a national emergency, on the slightest of pretexts, untethered to congressional oversight or consent.

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

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

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Gold is indeed volatile when it is untethered to the dollar, but prices would behave differently if there were a credible peg.

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