detached

/dɪtˈætʃt/

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Adjective
used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person"
Adjective Satellite
not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"