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- DictionaryRoot·less/ˈro͞otləs/
adjective
- 1. (of a plant) not having roots: "a rootless flowering plant"
- 2. having no settled home or social or family ties: "a rootless nomad"
having no family origins or connections, or having no feeling of belonging to a particular place. (Definition of rootless from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of rootless. rootless.
noun. : the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates usually from the hypocotyl, functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support, and differs from a stem especially in lacking nodes, buds, and leaves.
adjective. having no roots. having no basis of stability; unsteady: a rootless feeling resulting from economic and social change. having no place or position in society: a rootless wanderer. rootless. / ˈruːtlɪs /.
ROOTLESS meaning: 1. A rootless person does not have a home to return to. 2. A rootless person does not have a home…. Learn more.
Someone who's rootless doesn't have a permanent home or place to settle down. Your rootless cousin might save money for a ticket to India and then spend years backpacking around Asia. Some plants are literally rootless, growing without a root system to absorb nutrients.
1. having no roots. 2. having no basis of stability; unsteady: a rootless feeling. 3. having no place or position in society: a rootless wanderer. [1325–75] root′less•ness, n.
If someone has no permanent home or job and is not settled in any community, you can describe them as rootless. These rootless young people have nowhere else to go. ...people who refused to integrate within society and instead lived rootless, jobless lives.
Definition of rootless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. having no roots. 2. having no basis of stability; unsteady. a rootless feeling resulting from economic and social change. 3. having no place or position in society; not in accord with the environment. the homeless, rootless wanderer. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
rootless meaning, definition, what is rootless: having nowhere that you feel is really y...: Learn more.
