Detached

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  • adjective. Separated; disconnected.
  • adjective. Standing apart from others; separate.
  • adjective. Marked by an absence of emotional involvement or personal interest; aloof or unbiased.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Disjoined or dissociated; not united or not contiguous; being or becoming separate; unattached: as, detached rocks or portions of rock; a detached house; detached bodies of troops.
  • Of a separate character; belonging to a detached person or body: chiefly military: as, to be employed on detached service or duty; a detached mission.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected.
  • adjective. See Escapement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
  • adjective. Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
  • adjective. Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of detach.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. not fixed in position
  • adjective. no longer connected or joined
  • adjective. used of buildings; standing apart from others
  • adjective. being or feeling set or kept apart from others
  • adjective. showing lack of emotional involvement
  • adjective. lacking affection or warm feeling
  • Word Usage
    "The autopsy that was performed when (oh, god, to write such words and remain detached is beyond my ability) his body was recovered was inconclusive."
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