unmoor
Example Sentences
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How horrifying to think of all that capability and intellect, unmoored from a conscience.
Others have ideas unmoored from any known belief system.
The emerging world order leaves many countries feeling unmoored.
After the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, regulators’ investigations into Wall Street analysts revealed an industry culture of unbridled optimism, unmoored by facts.
From Barron's
“This guy is not mad, he’s very intentional, but he’s unmoored and he’s unhinged,” Newsom said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.