free-floating
adjective
free-float·ing
ˈfrē-ˈflō-tiŋ 
1
a
: floating freely
free-floating vegetation
b
: lacking specific attachment, direction, or purpose
free-floating ideas
2
: felt as an emotion without apparent cause
free-floating anxiety
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The polyps later morph into the recognizable, free-floating jellyfish forms known as medusas.
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Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
David Sacks, a venture capitalist and Musk ally, has been tapped for a free-floating role overseeing A.I. and crypto.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
The silica was then left free-floating as the X-ray burst hit it.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
Several brought their friends and grown children to my informal meetings, which became a kind of free-floating focus group spread across states that had once been economic powerhouses but were now economic basket cases.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2024
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Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
David Sacks, a venture capitalist and Musk ally, has been tapped for a free-floating role overseeing A.I. and crypto.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
The silica was then left free-floating as the X-ray burst hit it.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
Several brought their friends and grown children to my informal meetings, which became a kind of free-floating focus group spread across states that had once been economic powerhouses but were now economic basket cases.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2024
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free-floating
adjective
free-float·ing
ˈfrē-ˈflōt-iŋ
: felt as an emotion without apparent cause
free-floating anxiety
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