meaning of unmoored

[greenisgood]

what does it mean when someone was unmoored?

Trump was unmoored .... http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/04/politics/republican-debate-analysis-takeaways/

 

[SoothingDave]

Do you know what mooring is, related to boats?

 

[greenisgood]

per dictionary, mooring: The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.

so He was unmoored, means he didn't own to what he previously said?

 

[SoothingDave]

Meaning that he had nothing solid to hold himself to, that he was sort of just drifting with the waves.

 

[Tarheel]

When a ship is moored it is tied to the dock. If it would become unmoored it would drift off and become a hazard to other ships. A person who has become unmoored has lost his way. He is adrift.

 

[emsr2d2]

What does it mean when someone was "unmoored​"?

Trump was unmoored .... http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/04/politics/republican-debate-analysis-takeaways/

[STRIKE]per[/STRIKE] The dictionary definition of mooring is "The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc."

So does "He was unmoored" [STRIKE]means[/STRIKE] mean he didn't own to what he previously said?

Note my changes above. It's important to start every sentence with a capital letter and to write full sentences. I don't understand what you meant by the part I have underlined.