Detached - Definition

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]