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Meaning of detached

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  detached
      adj 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}, {detached}, {uninvolved}]
      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" [syn: {detached}, {isolated}, {separated}, {set-
         apart}]
      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" [syn:
         {detached}, {separated}]
      4: used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached
         houses"; "a detached garage" [ant: {attached}]
      5: lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person" [syn:
         {detached}, {unaffectionate}, {uncaring}]
      6: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
         "he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: {detached}, {free}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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