0 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.
The cell phone also better serves a more untethered community, especially recent immigrants who value portability over traditional landlines.
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.
Since it begins and ends on the tonic, this passage is also harmonically and structurally superfluous, an embellishment untethered from its structural moorings.
On that basis alone, the inhumanity of the broilerhouse is inevitable and, unfortunately, a natural reaction to untethered market forces.
However, for parties in a hot tub or for a day at the beach, removing the pump and going untethered can be a welcome vacation.
