Definition of "unrooted" [unrooted]

• Not rooted (adjective)
• Uprooted (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of unroot. (verb)

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• "This small scenic detail ties smartly into Shepard's vision of desperate people living messy, unrooted lives."
• "It seems to me that anytime someone roots an unrooted tree with an outgroup, they are essentially saying that shared derived character states indicate shared history, and that shared ancestral character states do not within the ingroup."
• "I miss the drumlins, maple, granite, and apple trees of my childhood landscape and feel utterly unrooted in this one."