Definition of "unanchored" [unanchored]

• Simple past tense and past participle of unanchor. (verb)
• Not anchored; free or liberated. (adjective)

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• "Hi Bradford – it should have read 'unanchored' not anchored."
• "Should inflation remain well above the Bank's official 2 per cent target for long periods next year the danger is that inflationary expectations could become "unanchored", with potentially disastrous consequences - the return of stagflation."
• "Consumers, businesses and investors must feel more confident that prices won't spiral higher in the future, so their inflation expectations don't become "unanchored," Walsh said last month."