Meaning & Definition of Detached in English

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"

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"

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"