unrooted

adjective

un·​rooted

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1

: not torn up by the roots

—used with out

2

: having no roots : rootless

an unrooted and vagrant life

—A. L. Kroeber

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 1 + rooted, past participle of root

First Known Use

circa 1545, in the meaning defined above

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