Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus.) exhausted, crippled, out of action.

1951		D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 244: It looks as though we’re rooted.
1968		D. O’Grady A Bottle of Sandwiches 64: Started crawlin’ back along the beach — too rooted to walk.
1971		K. Gilbert Cherry Pickers III i: We are far from home and completely rooted — fucked — finished!!!!
1986		C. Bowles G’DAY 14: You look rooted. Ard night?
1988		McGill Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 94/1: rooted exhausted, not necessarily from sexual activity.
1993		K. Lette Foetal Attraction (1994) 99: If you don’t marry me, I’m rooted.
2003		Bug (Aus.) Aug. 🌐 With the Brumbies on the skids and the Knights near-nutted, The Canberra Rodents look equally rooted.
2010		L. Redhead Thrill City [ebook] Dude, wake up. I’m rooted. You’re gonna have to drive.
2016		N. Cummins Adventures of the Honey Badger [ebook] I was more rooted than a gum tree. But I still found the gas to join a young lad in the crowd to celebrate.

2. deficient.

1945		‘Member of Air Board’ in Mess Songs & Rhymes of the RAAF 34: Weak and untutored, he’ll always be rooted.
1965		J. O’Grady Aussie Eng. (1966) 75: ‘Rooted’ can mean a deficiency in supplies. You can be ‘rooted for bricks’, ‘rooted for beer’, etc. But not when ladies are present.

3. (Aus.) in a hopeless situation.

2015

N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] This is it, Cummo, You’re like a palm tree in a cyclone — rooted.