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Unmoored | Unmooring

Unmoored meaning

  1. Not moored.
  2. Mentally immature, unstable, or lacking in emotional connections.

Using Unmoored

  • The main meaning on this page is: Not moored. | Mentally immature, unstable, or lacking in emotional connections.
  • In the example corpus, unmoored often appears in combinations such as: unmoored from, and unmoored, become unmoored.

Context around Unmoored

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Unmoored

  • In this selection, "unmoored" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, become, left, relations, wondering, drifting and four stand out and add context to how "unmoored" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include african relations unmoored and and an unmoored tractor trailer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "unmoored" sits close to words such as abhiyan, ajibola and ajinkya, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with unmoored

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

For public health experts, the optimism has been unmoored from reality. (11 words)

I was stuck between two places, uncertain and unmoored, drifting like the lily pads. (14 words)

For young men, traditional roles of childhood and fatherhood have become unmoored in recent years. (15 words)

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. (47 words)

At 12:39 a.m. Tuesday, the Dali unmoored from the port for the start of its long journey, according to Marcel Muise, the National Transportation Safety Board investigator in charge, citing information gleaned from the ship’s voyage data recorder (VDR). (42 words)

The terribleness of the idea wedded to the “upper middle-class England in the 1980s” marketing gives it an almost vicious quality, as if intentionally mocking the unmoored techno-meritocratic fantasies of the Thatcher era. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

At the end of season 2, the kids finally accomplished their mission but were left unmoored, wondering where to go next.

Despite her charming name, the ship known as the could leave U.S.-South African relations unmoored.

I was stuck between two places, uncertain and unmoored, drifting like the lily pads.

As the national political dialogue has grown increasingly chaotic, conflicted and unmoored from basic facts, political junkies may have begun to wonder if they’re the crazy ones.

At 12:39 a.m. Tuesday, the Dali unmoored from the port for the start of its long journey, according to Marcel Muise, the National Transportation Safety Board investigator in charge, citing information gleaned from the ship’s voyage data recorder (VDR).

But in the lulls between work, especially as she left her 20s behind, she started feeling unmoored.

The pier was fully functional as late as Saturday when heavy seas unmoored four of the army boats that were being used to ferry pallets of aid from commercial vessels to the pier.

The working class has become unmoored from the Democratic Party and is entirely up for grabs going forward.

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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.

For public health experts, the optimism has been unmoored from reality.

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.

It’s the adults, the ones who are used to being in control, who might suddenly feel unmoored.

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.

Spiritually unmoored, the Modern Movement is largely responsible for the consumer livestock paddocks and other varieties of architectural tat that one finds sown broadcast over our cities, suburbs, and exurbs.

The chorus's underlying chord progression reinforces this feeling, deliberately avoiding the song's harmonic "home" in a way that makes the listener "feel giddily unmoored," they add.

An empty barge became unmoored by high winds about 12:45 a.m. and collided with the base of the the 100th Street bridge, according to Chicago Department of Transportation spokesman Michael Claffey.

Elle gets unmoored from time and tries to get things right with help from an angelic choir, musical spirit guides and Father Time.

The terribleness of the idea wedded to the “upper middle-class England in the 1980s” marketing gives it an almost vicious quality, as if intentionally mocking the unmoored techno-meritocratic fantasies of the Thatcher era.

All of which is to say that I was unmoored when Jonathan’s mother called on the morning of April 5 to inform me of his death.

For young men, traditional roles of childhood and fatherhood have become unmoored in recent years.

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Common combinations with unmoored

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Frequently asked questions

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Unmoored means: Not moored.
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