What is the meaning of detached?

verb

  • Cause to become detached or separated; take off.
    • usage: "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
  • Separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment.
    • usage: "detach a regiment"
  • Come to be detached.
    • usage: "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

adjective

  • Showing lack of emotional involvement.
    • usage: "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"
  • Being or feeling set or kept apart from others.
    • usage: "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"
  • No longer connected or joined.
    • usage: "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"
  • Used of buildings; standing apart from others.
    • usage: "detached houses"; "a detached garage"
  • Lacking affection or warm feeling.
    • usage: "an uncaring person"
  • Not fixed in position.
    • usage: "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
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APAWordNet. (2010). detached. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/detached/definitions/1172316
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