free-floating

free-floating
/free"floh"ting/, adj.
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.
[1920-25]

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