Usually means: Lack of belonging or stability.
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  1. rootlessness: Merriam-Webster
  2. rootlessness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rootlessness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rootlessness: Wordnik
  5. rootlessness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. rootlessness: Wiktionary
  7. rootlessness: Dictionary.com
  8. rootlessness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rootlessness: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rootlessness)

▸ noun:  The property of being rootless.

Similar:
uprootedness, ownerlessness, rootedness, rootiness, abodelessness, unownedness, rootsiness, unattachedness, lostness, unbelonging, more...

Opposite:
rootedness, groundedness, stability

Adjectives:
social, own, cultural, spiritual, modern, certain, american, general, very, urban, moral

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Similar:
uprootedness, ownerlessness, rootedness, rootiness, abodelessness, unownedness, rootsiness, unattachedness, lostness, unbelonging, more...

Opposite:
rootedness, groundedness, stability

Adjectives:
social, own, cultural, spiritual, modern, certain, american, general, very, urban, moral



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