Rootless
adjective
Having no home or settled place.
John was rootless after losing his job and his apartment.
Often appears as...
- rootless existence
- rootless lifestyle
adjective
Having no emotional bond or connection.
After moving to a new city, she felt rootless and out of place.
Often appears as...
- rootless feeling
- rootless individual
adjective
Having no visible base or foundation.
The rumor seemed to be rootless, with no credible source to back it up.
Often appears as...
- rootless rumor
- rootless accusation
adjective
Having no root, specifically in plants.
The seedling was rootless and couldn't absorb nutrients from the soil.
Often appears as...
- rootless seedling
- rootless plant
adjective
Having no home or settled place.
John was rootless after losing his job and his apartment.
Often appears as...
- rootless existence
- rootless lifestyle
adjective
Having no emotional bond or connection.
After moving to a new city, she felt rootless and out of place.
Often appears as...
- rootless feeling
- rootless individual
adjective
Having no visible base or foundation.
The rumor seemed to be rootless, with no credible source to back it up.
Often appears as...
- rootless rumor
- rootless accusation
adjective
Having no root, specifically in plants.
The seedling was rootless and couldn't absorb nutrients from the soil.
Often appears as...
- rootless seedling
- rootless plant
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Lacking Stability
Use 'rootless' to depict a life lacking stability, hinting at constant change or upheaval.
His rootless wanderings made it hard to keep friendships.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Tied Down
'Rootless' implies freedom from commitments, often used in a neutral or positive light.
She enjoyed her rootless freedom, traveling whenever she wanted.
Pro Tip 1/2Lacking Stability
Use 'rootless' to depict a life lacking stability, hinting at constant change or upheaval.
His rootless wanderings made it hard to keep friendships.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Tied Down
'Rootless' implies freedom from commitments, often used in a neutral or positive light.
She enjoyed her rootless freedom, traveling whenever she wanted.
Pro Tip 1/2Lacking Stability
Use 'rootless' to depict a life lacking stability, hinting at constant change or upheaval.
His rootless wanderings made it hard to keep friendships.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Tied Down
'Rootless' implies freedom from commitments, often used in a neutral or positive light.
She enjoyed her rootless freedom, traveling whenever she wanted.
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Video examples
Food Security in an...
water more effectively it's it's astonishing to see the kind of drip irrigation and innovation that's coming in terms of a rootless one centimeter from the other gets more water than the other depending on what it needs from its nutrients and providing capital solutions with that kind of research so
Video examples
Food Security in an...
water more effectively it's it's astonishing to see the kind of drip irrigation and innovation that's coming in terms of a rootless one centimeter from the other gets more water than the other depending on what it needs from its nutrients and providing capital solutions with that kind of research so
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Quote examples
Tom Reiss
American Author
There's nothing better than to be rootless cosmopolitans who seamlessly merge into whatever society. That's the greatest thing human beings can aspire to. Whether forced by duress, Jews became perfect modern human beings. After the Holocaust, one doesn't really mourn for that - it's too disturbing, seems like a mistake.
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Lenny Henry
British Actor
I'm a big fan of the blues, and a lot of those guys travelled all over America on Greyhound buses, listening to music and ending up in some juke joint, late at night, rootless and with no responsibilities - one of those gamblers who risk it all on seven is romantic and exciting.
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Orson Bean
American Actor
My wife and I sold our house New York and moved to Australia for a year; then we came back and spent almost three years bumming around the country in an old '61 VW van. We put the kids in school wherever we happened to be, but mainly we reveled in being rootless.
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Bat for Lashes
English Musician
I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people round for dinner. When you travel a lot, you feel rootless and adrift - this is my sanctuary, where I can breathe out.
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John Sandford
American Novelist
Books set in Brooklyn and L.A. are often about people who are rootless, who want to go somewhere else. In the Midwest, though, the stories are about people who want to stay where they are - who like where they are.
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Ashish Vidyarthi
Indian Actor
Either I am rootless or I have my roots spread out so much that I cannot spot my primary root. I believe in Camus' philosophy - It is important to be a traveller without a baggage.
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Christina Baker Kline
American Novelist
Many people, for many reasons, feel rootless - but orphans and abandoned or abused children have particular cause.
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Michael Ashcroft
British Businessman
I am a rootless individual, but when I land in Belize, I have that feeling of comfort that I am returning home.
Quote examples
Rebecca Hall
English Actress
As someone who works and travels as much, you could feel... A bit rootless?
Quote examples
Tom Reiss
American Author
There's nothing better than to be rootless cosmopolitans who seamlessly merge into whatever society. That's the greatest thing human beings can aspire to. Whether forced by duress, Jews became perfect modern human beings. After the Holocaust, one doesn't really mourn for that - it's too disturbing, seems like a mistake.
Quote examples
Lenny Henry
British Actor
I'm a big fan of the blues, and a lot of those guys travelled all over America on Greyhound buses, listening to music and ending up in some juke joint, late at night, rootless and with no responsibilities - one of those gamblers who risk it all on seven is romantic and exciting.
Quote examples
Orson Bean
American Actor
My wife and I sold our house New York and moved to Australia for a year; then we came back and spent almost three years bumming around the country in an old '61 VW van. We put the kids in school wherever we happened to be, but mainly we reveled in being rootless.
Quote examples
Bat for Lashes
English Musician
I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people round for dinner. When you travel a lot, you feel rootless and adrift - this is my sanctuary, where I can breathe out.
Quote examples
John Sandford
American Novelist
Books set in Brooklyn and L.A. are often about people who are rootless, who want to go somewhere else. In the Midwest, though, the stories are about people who want to stay where they are - who like where they are.
Quote examples
Ashish Vidyarthi
Indian Actor
Either I am rootless or I have my roots spread out so much that I cannot spot my primary root. I believe in Camus' philosophy - It is important to be a traveller without a baggage.
Quote examples
Christina Baker Kline
American Novelist
Many people, for many reasons, feel rootless - but orphans and abandoned or abused children have particular cause.
Quote examples
Michael Ashcroft
British Businessman
I am a rootless individual, but when I land in Belize, I have that feeling of comfort that I am returning home.
Quote examples
Rebecca Hall
English Actress
As someone who works and travels as much, you could feel... A bit rootless?
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