Detached

Word DETACHED
Character 8
Hyphenation de tached
Pronunciations /dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/

Definitions and meanings of "Detached"

What do we mean by detached?

Separated; disconnected. adjective

Standing apart from others; separate. adjective

Marked by an absence of emotional involvement or personal interest; aloof or unbiased. adjective

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.

Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected. adjective

See Escapement. 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. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of detach. verb

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 adjective

To take apart from; to take off.

To separate for a special object or use.

To come off something.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Detached

The word "detached" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Arriving at this conclusion, she put the chest and its contents back again on the shelf -- with the one exception of the label detached from the blue-glass bottle. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

Up next, it's our question of the hour: Should Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff lose his job after a report blasts what it calls his detached response to Hurricane Katrina? ❋ Unknown (2006)

The commissioner seemed to be detached from the debate going on around him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Furthermore, far from being fully detached from the world, it was from the Quaker communities that Underground Railroad arose. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But they look increasingly detached from the reality on the ground in Afghanistan. ❋ Azeem Ibrahim (2010)

In light of these events and despite Bush's visit to soldiers 'families in Fort Hood, Bush's comments seem, at best, callous and, at worst, frighteningly detached from the harsh reality so many Americans and Iraqi civilians are facing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"He was a cog in a machine and his guilt cannot be detached from the whole system." ❋ David Gauthier-Villars (2010)

Peel it, get the seeds out -- they are large, dark seeds, detached from the flesh, easy to get out -- and eat the bits that ensue. ❋ Markgritter (2009)

Instead of being a tax-funded, congressionally micromanaged bureaucracy, the air-traffic organization should be detached from the FAA and converted into a user-funded, user-governed nonprofit entity like the highly successful Nav Canada (and similar entities in Australia, Germany, the U.K., etc.). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said earlier this week that most Americans have grown too detached from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and see military service as "something for other people to do." ❋ Torrey Shannon (2010)

After a few moments preparation, the pod detached from the Leviathan and hurtled through space, its destination Earth, Dallas, 1963. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The mud was being displaced so the riser could be detached from the rig and the wellhead, and the well could be capped with a final cement plug. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When it was returned to me after the second renewal, the center two pages had become detached from the staples holding the book together when it was in the possession of the immigration office. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While her stories 'from the field' were interesting the class and subject was still horribly boring and almost totally detached from the real world. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Deepwater Horizon was being detached from the well to be moved to another location, as soon as the next day. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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