uprootable
Able to dislodge
Uprootable describes something that can be pulled from the ground along with its roots, or figuratively, something that can be dislodged or displaced from an established position.
A young sapling is easily uprootable; an ancient oak is not.
The regime proved less uprootable than the revolutionaries had hoped.
The opposite, unuprootable, suggests permanence or deep entrenchment.
Dangerously insecure
- tenuousLacking solid foundation
- unstableProne to sudden change
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- insecureLacking self-assurance
impermanent · transient · ephemeral · fleeting · vulnerable · unanchored · unsettled · unmoored
Forced departure from rental
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- exileBanishment from homeland
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- relocationPermanent change of residence
resettlement · dispossession · banishment · diaspora · deracination · dislodgment · transplantation · migration
Thorough change in form
- transitionChange from one state
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
reinvention · reconfiguration · reform · renewal · revolution · disruption · displacement · relocation
precarious
Dangerously insecure
insecure · impermanent · transient · ephemeral · fleeting · vulnerable · unanchored · unsettled · unmoored · loosened
eviction
Forced departure from rental
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- exileBanishment from homeland
- expulsionForced permanent removal
relocation · resettlement · dispossession · banishment · diaspora · deracination · dislodgment · transplantation · migration · refugee
transformation
Thorough change in form
- transitionChange from one state
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
restructuring · reinvention · reconfiguration · reform · renewal · revolution · disruption · displacement · relocation · reestablishment
uprootabledeeply rooted
deep-rooted · entrenched · rooted · ingrained · well-established
root, rooted, uproot, rooting, rootless, uprooting, uprooted, uproots, uprooters