What does DETACHED mean?

Definitions for DETACHED
dɪˈtætʃtde·tached

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. degage, detached, uninvolvedadjective

    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. detached, isolated, separated, set-apartadjective

    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. detached, separatedadjective

    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. detachedadjective

    used of buildings; standing apart from others

    "detached houses"; "a detached garage"

  5. detached, unaffectionate, uncaringadjective

    lacking affection or warm feeling

    "an uncaring person"

  6. detached, freeadjective

    not fixed in position

    "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"

Wiktionary

  1. detachedadjective

    Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.

  2. detachedadjective

    Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.

  3. detachedadjective

    Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.

Wikipedia

  1. detached

    A stand-alone house (also called a single-detached dwelling, detached residence or detached house) is a free-standing residential building. It is sometimes referred to as a single-family home in contrast with a multi-family residential dwelling.

ChatGPT

  1. detached

    Detached typically refers to something that is disconnected or separated from something else. It can refer to a physical detachment, such as an object that is not connected to others, or to an emotional detachment, implying a lack of emotional involvement or concern. It can also describe something that exists independently or separately from other things, like a detached house, which does not share any walls with other houses.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Detached

    of Detach

  2. Detachedadjective

    separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. detached

    On detached service. A squadron may be detached under a commodore or senior officer.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DETACHED in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DETACHED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of DETACHED in a Sentence

  1. George Eliot:

    The tendancy of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to mass suggestion-mob rule. And a mob will be no less a mob if it is well fed, well clothed, well housed, and well disciplined.

  2. Pete Hegseth:

    While this shameful act may be an isolated incident, what’s not isolated are the almost daily reports that feed the perception that VA leadership are detached from the urgent challenges facing returning veterans, but it’s even more troubling that Ms. Paul’s shockingly poor judgment did not merit immediate firing. She should have been fired the minute such poor judgment was discovered and failing to do so only reinforces VA's track record of failing to hold its employees accountable.

  3. Hal Rogers:

    Given what the world looks like right now, this approach seems detached from reality.

  4. Robert Macleod:

    The creator is both detached and committed, free and yet ensnared, concerned but not too much so. If motivation is too strong the person is blinded if the objective situation is too tightly structured, the person sees none of its alternative possibilities.

  5. Associated Press:

    Every caricature thrust upon the national press — that we are culturally elitist, professionally incestuous, socioeconomically detached and ideologically biased — is confirmed by this trainwreck of an event. Journalists, the joke’s on us. The WHCD is broken. Fix The WHCD or end The WHCD.

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