Rootless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈuːtləs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈuːtləs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈuːtləs/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈuːtləs/.

Examples

led a vagabond life
a rootless wanderer

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

vagabond

Parts of Speech

adjective

wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community

“led a vagabond life”

Word Forms

vagabond

noun

anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

wurzellos

zielloses Umherwandern ohne Bindung an einen Ort oder eine Gemeinschaft

🇫🇷French

sans racine

errant sans but, sans lien avec un lieu ou une communauté

🇪🇸Spanish

desarraigado

deambular sin rumbo sin vínculos con un lugar o comunidad

🇮🇹Italian

senza radici

vagare senza meta senza legami con un luogo o una comunità

🇳🇱Dutch

wortelloos

doelloos ronddwalen zonder banden met een plaats of gemeenschap

🇵🇹Portuguese

sem raízes

vagando sem rumo, sem vínculos com um lugar ou comunidade

🇷🇺Russian

безродный

бесцельно бродить без привязки к месту или сообществу

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बिना जड़

किसी स्थान या समुदाय से जुड़े बिना लक्ष्यहीन रूप से घूमना

🇧🇩Bengali

মূলহীন

একটি জায়গা বা সম্প্রদায়ের সাথে সম্পর্ক ছাড়াই লক্ষ্যহীনভাবে ঘুরে বেড়ান

🇮🇳Tamil

வேரற்ற

ஒரு இடம் அல்லது சமூகத்துடன் தொடர்பு இல்லாமல் இலக்கின்றி அலைவது

🇮🇳Telugu

మూలలేని

స్థలం లేదా సంఘంతో సంబంధం లేకుండా లక్ష్యం లేకుండా తిరుగుతోంది

🇮🇳Marathi

मूळ नसलेला

एखाद्या ठिकाणाशी किंवा समुदायाशी संबंध न ठेवता ध्येयविरहित भटकणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૂળ વગરનું

સ્થળ અથવા સમુદાય સાથે જોડાણ વિના લક્ષ્ય વિના ભટકવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೇರುರಹಿತ

ಒಂದು ಸ್ಥಳ ಅಥವಾ ಸಮುದಾಯದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಗುರಿಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಅಲೆದಾಡುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വേരില്ലാത്ത

ഒരു സ്ഥലവുമായോ സമൂഹവുമായോ ബന്ധമില്ലാതെ ലക്ഷ്യമില്ലാതെ അലഞ്ഞുതിരിയുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੜ੍ਹ ਰਹਿਤ

ਕਿਸੇ ਸਥਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਾਂ ਦੇ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਉਦੇਸ਼ ਰਹਿਤ ਭਟਕਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے جڑ

کسی جگہ یا برادری سے تعلق کے بغیر بے مقصد گھومنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无根的

漫无目的地游荡，与某个地方或社区没有联系

🇯🇵Japanese

根無し草

場所やコミュニティとのつながりを持たずに目的もなくさまようこと

🇰🇷Korean

뿌리 없는

장소나 공동체에 얽매이지 않고 목적 없이 방황하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không có rễ

lang thang không mục đích mà không ràng buộc với một địa điểm hoặc cộng đồng

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีราก

ท่องเที่ยวไปอย่างไร้จุดหมายโดยไม่ผูกพันกับสถานที่หรือชุมชน

🇮🇩Indonesian

tak menentu

mengembara tanpa tujuan tanpa ikatan dengan suatu tempat atau komunitas

🇵🇭Filipino

walang ugat

pagala-gala nang walang ugnayan sa isang lugar o komunidad

🇲🇾Malay

tanpa akar

merayau-rayau tanpa tujuan tanpa ikatan dengan sesuatu tempat atau masyarakat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بلا جذور

يتجول بلا هدف دون ارتباط بمكان أو مجتمع

🇮🇷Persian

بی ریشه

سرگردانی بی هدف بدون ارتباط با مکان یا جامعه

🇹🇷Turkish

köksüz

bir yer veya toplulukla bağlantısı olmadan amaçsızca dolaşmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

חסר שורשים

משוטט ללא מטרה ללא קשרים למקום או לקהילה

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