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de·tached

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–adjective

1.	not attached; separated: a detached ticket stub.

2.	having no wall in common with another building (opposed to attached): a detached house.

3.	impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased: a detached judgment.

4.	not involved or concerned; aloof.

[Origin: 1700–10; detach + -ed²

]

—Related forms

de·tached·ly

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de·tach·ed·ness, noun

—Synonyms 3. uninvolved, neutral, evenhanded, dispassionate, unprejudiced.

—Antonyms 1, 2. attached.

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tr.v. de·tached, de·tach·ing, de·tach·es

To separate or unfasten; disconnect: detach a check from the checkbook; detach burs from one's coat.
To remove from association or union with something: detach a calf from its mother; detached herself from the group.
To send (troops or ships, for example) on a special mission.

[French détacher, from Old French destachier : des-, de- + attachier, to attach; see attach.]

de·tach'a·bil'i·ty n., de·tach'a·ble adj., de·tach'a·bly adv.

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de·tached Audio Help (dĭ-tācht') Pronunciation Key
adj.

Separated; disconnected: a detached part; a detached plug.
Standing apart from others; separate: a house with a detached garage.
Marked by an absence of emotional involvement and an aloof, impersonal objectivity. See Synonyms at cool.

de·tach'ed·ly (-tāch'ĭd-lē, -tācht'lē) adv., de·tach'ed·ness n.

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detached
adjective
1.	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" [syn: degage]
2.	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"
3.	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"
4.	used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage" [ant: attached]
5.	lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person"
6.	not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"

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deˈtached1 adjective

standing etc apart or by itself
Example: a detached house

Arabic:	مَفْصول، غَيْر مُتَّصِل
Chinese (Simplified):	独立的
Chinese (Traditional):	獨立的
Czech:	oddělený, stojící o samotě
Danish:	fritstående
Dutch:	vrijstaand
Estonian:	eraldi seisev
Finnish:	erillinen
French:	détaché
German:	alleinstehend
Greek:	ανεξάρτητος, χωριστός
Hungarian:	különálló
Icelandic:	aðskilinn; stakur
Indonesian:	terpisah
Italian:	isolato

Japanese:	分離独立した
Korean:	떨어져 있는, 독립된
Latvian:	savrupmāja
Lithuanian:	atskiras
Norwegian:	atskilt, frittstående
Polish:	oddzielny
Portuguese (Brazil):	isolado
Portuguese (Portugal):	isolado
Romanian:	separat
Russian:	стоящий особняком
Slovak:	samostatný, oddelený
Slovenian:	ločen
Spanish:	independiente
Swedish:	fristående, fritt liggande
Turkish:	müstakil ev

deˈtached2 adjective

not personally involved or showing no emotion or prejudice
Example: a detached attitude to the problem

Arabic:	غَيْر مُتَحَيِّز
Chinese (Simplified):	公正的
Chinese (Traditional):	公正的
Czech:	nestranný, nezaujatý
Danish:	uengageret
Dutch:	afstandelijk
Estonian:	erapooletu
Finnish:	puolueeton
French:	détaché
German:	losgelöst
Greek:	αποστασιοποιημένος
Hungarian:	tárgyilagos
Icelandic:	ósnortinn, áhugalaus
Indonesian:	memisahkan diri
Italian:	distaccato

Japanese:	超然とした
Korean:	초연한, 무관심한, 치우침이 없는
Latvian:	neatkarīgs; objektīvs
Lithuanian:	bešališkas
Norwegian:	uengasjert, uhildet, upartisk
Polish:	bezstronny
Portuguese (Brazil):	imparcial
Portuguese (Portugal):	distante
Romanian:	detaşat
Russian:	беспристрастный
Slovak:	nezaujatý
Slovenian:	nepristranski
Spanish:	objetivo, imparcial
Swedish:	oengagerad, likgiltig, opartisk
Turkish:	yansız, tarafsız

See also: detachable, detachment, detach

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Detached

De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detached; p. pr. & vb. n. Detaching.] [F. d['e]tacher (cf. It. distaccare, staccare); pref. d['e] (L. dis) + the root found also in E. attach. See Attach, and cf. Staccato.]

1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.

2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.

Syn: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw; draw off. See Detail.

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