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detached

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detached in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    degage  detached  uninvolved 
  2. used of buildings; standing apart from others
    "detached houses"; "a detached garage"
    detached 
  3. 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"
    detached  isolated  separated  set-apart 
  4. 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"
    detached  separated 
  5. not fixed in position
    "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
    detached  free 
  6. lacking affection or warm feeling
    "an uncaring person"
    detached  unaffectionate  uncaring 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University