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rootless

[root-lis, root-] / ˈrut lɪs, ˈrʊt- /








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David O’Meara decided to buy the Malibu Cinema in 1972, a gambit to escape his somewhat rootless salesman’s life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025

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

Now if we go back we will be weary, broken, burnt out, rootless, and without hope.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque


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