ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
1.
a. : relatively unattached or attached by a device that allows relatively free movement : moving or capable of moving in almost any direction
a free-floating tone arm on a phonograph
b. : relatively uncommitted (as to a system of ideas or a particular purpose)
was not sure how any of the free-floating intellectuals would vote
2. : felt as an emotion without apparent cause
free-floating anxiety