uproot
verb (used with object)
to pull out by or as if by the roots.
uprootedness
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a word derived from
uproot.
Example Sentences
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Yet the Hebrew Bible shows that Hebrews were as terrified of existential uprootedness as Blaise Pascal or any Christian king.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
For this reason, Weil warned that uprootedness was the “most dangerous malady to which human societies are exposed.”
From Slate ● May 25, 2021
During these explorations, I could, for the time an adventure takes, make Mom forget her uprootedness, which she likened to my own.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
The carried mattress also implies disruption and uprootedness, which call to mind refugees or homeless people.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2014
So far, then, Tara with its glamour of greatness and antiquity, its uprootedness, its ruin, and its utter desolation.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell
