rootless
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Most famously, there was "The Future," released in 1992 at the moment of liberal democracy’s supposed global triumph, which offered an eerie forecast of a rootless new century, struggling with the loss of existential meaning:
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
Breached rootless cones identified in the current study show similar occurrences of polyhydrated sulfates, further suggesting the blistered volcanic blanket may be hiding a vast sheet of glacier ice underneath it.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
Some of those leftovers are linked to the last-minute installation of rootless trees, two volunteers told The Associated Press.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Dispossessed of his father and fatherland, a rootless Eastern European Jew on a continent gripped by nationalist fever, Roth’s self-identity was especially tenuous.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
She ridiculed her own attempts at genealogy; the family tree was wintry and bare, as well as rootless.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
