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- Dictionaryrootless/ˈruːtləs/
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"
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Rootless means having no home or family origins, or no sense of belonging to a place. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Rootless means having no roots, especially no ties with a particular place or community. See how the word is used in sentences from various sources and learn its origin and history.
Rootless means having no family origins or connections, or having no feeling of belonging to a particular place. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of rootless with examples from various sources.
Rootless means having no roots, especially no ties with a particular place or community. Find the origin, usage, and examples of rootless and its synonyms in this online dictionary.
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. Algae is one example of a rootless plant.
having nowhere that you really think of as home, or as the place where you belong. She had had a rootless childhood moving from town to town. Want to learn more?
Rootless means having no permanent home or job and not settled in any community. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, grammar and usage of rootless with examples from Collins English Dictionary.
