English Explanatory Dictionary

rootless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

rootless more rootless most rootless

Etymology

By surface analysis, root + less.

Antonyms

rooted

Related words

rootedness uprootedness

Derived words

rootless cosmopolitan rootlessly rootlessness
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