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- adjective Not
rooted - adjective
uprooted - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unroot .
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Examples
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This small scenic detail ties smartly into Shepard's vision of desperate people living messy, unrooted lives.
'Fool for Love': A tattered affair at Keegan Celia Wren 2010
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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.
Creationist vs. creationist on Homo habilis - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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For her, magic isn't something that floats about unrooted in human nature.
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I miss the drumlins, maple, granite, and apple trees of my childhood landscape and feel utterly unrooted in this one.
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It will have done its job if it propagates the lessons of history to Indian tourists and serves to reduce the incidence of unrooted Indians like those questioning the patriotism of Shivaji.
India Plans a ‘New Colossus’ of Its Own - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Some children experience unrooted, free-floating anxiety.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Some children experience unrooted, free-floating anxiety.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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My guess is that their unrooted tree is OK none the less.
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Some children experience unrooted, free-floating anxiety.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Some children experience unrooted, free-floating anxiety.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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