unmoored
Speech parts
1. unmoored - Adjective
2. unmoored - Verb
Meaning
Not moored.
Left unmoored, the boat gradually drifted out to sea.
(figuratively) Mentally immature, unstable, or lacking in emotional connections.
unmoored
simple past and past participle of unmoor
Synonyms
Examples
The new generation, raised on TV and the personal computer but deprived of a solid primary education, has become unmoored from the mother ship of culture.
When I read, if I don't know where a story is set, I always feel unmoored. The same is true for my writing: Until I place my story in a specific place, I can't get my footing in the world...
Home has always been one of the most important things. If I don't feel at home in my space, then I feel really unmoored.
At the announcement of my appointment as the curator, I had spoken of the way biennales are often akin to floating cities that are unmoored from their locality or regionality.
From the greatness of nations to the identities of each of and every one of us, we rely on those myths to help define who we are and so when they vanish, we become disoriented and as unmoored as the toppled sculptures that currently dominate the news.
Outside the building, authorities found two U-Haul box trucks, a U-Haul van, an unmarked 30-foot box truck, and an unmoored tractor trailer.