adj
Meaning 1
Of a plant or another thing, having no roots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rootless
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adj
Meaning 2
Being a wanderer; having no ties to a particular locale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Without (the use of) a root user account.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: rooted
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- led a vagabond life
- a rootless wanderer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vagabond
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, root + less.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: без корен (bez koren) — having no roots
- Catalan: desarrelat — having no roots
- French: déraciné — having no roots
- German: wurzellos — having no roots
- Ancient Greek: ἄρριζος (árrhizos) — having no roots
- Italian: sradicato — having no roots
- Spanish: desarraigado — having no roots
- Turkish: köksüz — having no roots
- Uyghur: يىلتىزسىز (yiltizsiz) — having no roots
- Uzbek: ildizsiz — having no roots