detached Definition

detach
verb detaches, detached, detaching

tr & intr
1. To unfasten or separate.

Thesaurus: remove, sever, cut off, disconnect, divide, separate, disengage, uncouple; Antonym: attach.
2. military.
To select and separate (a group of soldiers, etc) from a larger group, especially to carry out a special task.

Derivative: detachable
adj

Etymology: 17c in these senses; 16c, meaning ‘to discharge (a weapon)': from French destachier, from des- dis- + atachier to attach.

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detached
adj

1. Said of a building: not joined to another on either side. Compare semi-detached.

Thesaurus: separated, divided, disconnected, disjoined, severed, unattached, free-standing, loosened; Antonym: connected.
2. Said of a person: feeling no personal or emotional involvement; showing no prejudice or bias.

Thesaurus: indifferent, disinterested, impassive, neutral, impartial, unbiased, apathetic, aloof, dispassionate; Antonym: concerned, involved.

Derivative: detachedly
adverb