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free-floating

[free-floh-ting]

adjective

  1. (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized.

    free-floating hostility.

  2. (of people) uncommitted, as to a doctrine, political party, etc.; independent.

    free-floating opportunists.

  3. capable of relatively free movement.



free-floating

adjective

  1. unattached or uncommitted, as to a cause, a party, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˌڰ-ˈڱDzٱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of free-floating1

First recorded in 1920–25
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It’s the horror of free-floating political anxiety.

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A dollar gauge is on track for its worst performance during the first 100 days of a U.S. presidency in data going back to the Nixon era, when America abandoned the gold standard and switched to a free-floating exchange rate.

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Serving as an introduction to an engaging new artistic voice, the film captures a certain laconic, free-floating malaise and anxiety that are indicative of an emergent generational sensibility.

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Free-floating DNA—any that is not contained within a cell—is then isolated from the sample and sequenced.

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