"rootless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more rootless [comparative], most rootless [superlative]
Etymology: By surface analysis, root + less. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|root|less}} By surface analysis, root + less Head templates: {{en-adj}} rootless (comparative more rootless, superlative most rootless)
  1. Of a plant or another thing, having no roots. Translations (having no roots): ἄρριζος (árrhizos) (Ancient Greek), без корен (bez koren) (Bulgarian), desarrelat (Catalan), déraciné (French), wurzellos (German), sradicato (Italian), desarraigado (Spanish), köksüz (Turkish), يىلتىزسىز (yiltizsiz) (Uyghur), ildizsiz (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-rootless-en-adj-POsAj4fc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 27 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of 'having no roots': 68 25 7
  2. Being a wanderer; having no ties to a particular locale.
    Sense id: en-rootless-en-adj-o1yCFgKi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 27 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 27 36
  3. (computing) Without (the use of) a root user account.
    Sense id: en-rootless-en-adj-ABmGVZpc Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Uzbek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 27 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 22 25 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 28 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 30 29 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 30 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 29 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 29 28 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 29 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 29 29 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 30 29 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 28 30 42 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rootless cosmopolitan, rootlessness Related terms: rootedness, uprootedness
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      "sense": "having no roots",
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      "code": "es",
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