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