rootless

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, root +‎ less.

Adjective

rootless (comparative more rootless, superlative most rootless)

1. Of a plant or another thing, having no roots.
2. Being a wanderer; having no ties to a particular locale.
3. (computing) Without (the use of) a root user account.

   Antonym: rooted

Derived terms

• rootless cosmopolitan
• rootlessly
• rootlessness

Related terms

• rootedness
• uprootedness

Translations

having no roots

• Bulgarian: без корен (bez koren)
• Catalan: desarrelat
• French: déraciné (fr)
• German: wurzellos (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἄρριζος (árrhizos)

• Italian: sradicato (it)
• Spanish: desarraigado (es)
• Turkish: köksüz (tr)
• Uyghur: يىلتىزسىز (yiltizsiz)
• Uzbek: ildizsiz

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