unmoored
Example Sentences
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That, quickly followed by the abrupt departure, without explanation, of Gavriel, leaves the students unmoored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Spreads should be wider than normal to add another level of dealer protection as the market mob is anticipated to make decisions that are unmoored from rational analysis.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The wealthy but suddenly unmoored LIV golfers have been left to scramble like a weekend hacker trying to salvage a bogey after chipping into a sand trap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
To be unmoored by the shadows of our past is a gift no fame or fortune can afford.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
In Jagu’s and Rajesh’s case, my grandmother believed, the upheaval and uprooting from East Bengal to Calcutta had unmoored their minds, although in spectacularly opposite ways.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
