rootless
Example Sentences
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There were cases of homelessness and "rootless lives".
From BBC
But soon he’s racked with guilt, sensing some shared history with the rootless recruit.
From New York Times
McDormand, who had won as recently as 2018 for “Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri,” plays Fern in “Nomadland,” a woman who has pulled up stakes following the Great Recession and chosen a rootless existence.
From Los Angeles Times
However tacky, modern and rootless, Japan is where she belongs.
From New York Times
If raw matter is all that is, ideals such as justice are ultimately rootless.
From Washington Post
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