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| 1. | [ adjective ] showing lack of emotional involvement | |
| Synonyms: | uninvolved degage | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | unconcerned | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] being or feeling set or kept apart from others | |
| Synonyms: | separated isolated set-apart | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | separate | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] being or feeling set or kept apart from others | |
| Synonyms: | separated isolated set-apart | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | separate | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] no longer connected or joined | |
| Synonyms: | separated | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | unconnected | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] not fixed in position | |
| Synonyms: | free | |
| Examples: | "the detached shutter fell on him" "he pulled his arm free and ran" |
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| Related terms: | unfixed | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (architecture) used of buildings; standing apart from others | |
| Examples: | "detached houses" "a detached garage" |
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| Related terms: | attached architecture freestanding semidetached | |
