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free-floating
(free-floating)
adjective
1
not attached to anything and able to move freely:
free-floating aquatic plants
not assigned to a particular category or level:
free-floating exchange rates
2
Psychiatry
(of anxiety) chronic and generalized, without an obvious cause.
Derivatives
free-float
verb
free-floater
noun
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