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Detached

Detached Meaning & Definition
Detached Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Detached?

[adj] not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
[adj] (architecture) used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage"
[adj] showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"
[adj] no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"
[adj] being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Detached: degage | free | freestanding | isolated | semidetached | separate | separated | set-apart | unconcerned | unconnected | unfixed | uninvolved

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See Also |

Detached In Webster's Dictionary

\De*tached"\, a. Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels. ``Extensive and detached empire.'' --Burke. {Detached escapement}. See {Escapement}.

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