untetheredadjective
/ʌnˈteð.əd//ʌnˈteð.ɚd/not physically connected or fastened to something:
Helium is a colourless, odourless inert gas we associate most often with balloons that float skyward if left untethered.
An untethered animal is not tied to anything, so that it is free to move in a large area:
The goats wandered untethered down the rough tracks.
not staying or forced to stay in one particular place:
The cell phone also better serves a more untethered community, especially recent immigrants who value portability over traditional landlines.
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- She made an untethered dive in a special suit to a depth of 1,250 feet.
- We observed that the facility continues to allow inmates to use untethered knives while working in the kitchen.
- She came face to face with a goat. And an untethered goat at that.
- People who leave village life, with its family and community ties, find themselves untethered in a city, scrounging for work and a place to sleep.
- He writes about what he calls the new untethered workforce - the telecommuters, contract workers, consultants and freelancers out there.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Separateness and isolation in space
- apart
- atomistic
- atomized
- bitty
- cloistered
- distance
- distance yourself from sth
- divorced
- freely
- give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
- hermetically sealed
- loose
- loosely
- parted
- privacy
- private
- purdah
- unattached
- uninhabited
- wide
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Liberating, relaxing and releasing