"rootless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more rootless [comparative], most rootless [superlative]
Etymology: root + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|root|less}} 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), wurzellos (German)
    Sense id: en-rootless-en-adj-POsAj4fc Disambiguation of 'having no roots': 70 24 6
  2. Being a wanderer; having no ties to a particular locale.
    Sense id: en-rootless-en-adj-o1yCFgKi
  3. (computing) Without (the use of) a root user account. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-rootless-en-adj-ABmGVZpc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 14 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 12 13 75 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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      "word": "без корен"
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      "word": "wurzellos"
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      "roman": "árrhizos",
      "sense": "having no roots",
      "word": "ἄρριζος"
    }
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