unanchorable
Impossible to secure
Something unanchorable cannot be fixed in place or secured.
The word applies literally to vessels that cannot find purchase on the seafloor, but more often appears figuratively: an unanchorable mind drifts from thought to thought, unanchorable grief refuses to settle into manageable form.
His attention was unanchorable—no subject could hold him for long.
Floating without control
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- buoyantAble to float
- driftwoodSea-delivered shore lumber
- currentsDirectional flows of movement
tide · flotsam · jetsam · nautical · oceanic · unmoored · rudderless · aimless
Dangerously insecure
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
- wobblyTending to teeter
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
rickety · tottering · tremulous · insecure · unsettled · groundless · foundationless · unsupported
Not physically present
- ungraspableImpossible to seize
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- fleetingPassing very quickly
ephemeral · transient · imperceptible · vaporous · ethereal · ineffable · nebulous · amorphous
Not tied down
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unrestrainedNot held back
- detachedApart or uninvolved
loose · unattached · unfastened · disconnected · unshackled · unbridled · unconstrained · roaming
adrift
Floating without control
currents · tide · flotsam · jetsam · nautical · oceanic · unmoored · rudderless · aimless · meandering
precarious
Dangerously insecure
teetering · rickety · tottering · tremulous · insecure · unsettled · groundless · foundationless · unsupported · baseless
intangible
Not physically present
- ungraspableImpossible to seize
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
fleeting · ephemeral · transient · imperceptible · vaporous · ethereal · ineffable · nebulous · amorphous · indeterminate
unbound
Not tied down
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unrestrainedNot held back
detached · loose · unattached · unfastened · disconnected · unshackled · unbridled · unconstrained · roaming · footloose
unanchorablesecurable
Able to be locked
attachable · fixable · tetherable · bindable
unanchorablesettleable
Able to be resolved
groundable · rooted · stable · fixed · grounded
anchor, anchors, anchored, anchoring, anchorage, anchorages, anchorless, unanchored