What does detached mean?
Definitions for detached
dɪˈtætʃtde·tached
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word detached.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
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"
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"
detachedadjective
used of buildings; standing apart from others
"detached houses"; "a detached garage"
detached, unaffectionate, uncaringadjective
lacking affection or warm feeling
"an uncaring person"
detached, freeadjective
not fixed in position
"the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
Wiktionary
detachedadjective
Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
detachedadjective
Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
detachedadjective
Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
Wikipedia
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.
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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
Detached
of Detach
Detachedadjective
separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
detached
On detached service. A squadron may be detached under a commodore or senior officer.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of detached in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of detached in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of detached in a Sentence
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
It felt much more businesslike and detached, and lost some of the wisdom that made it so entertaining.
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.
There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
Whenever I put my Superman costume on as a kid, I didn't have X-ray vision. I had desperately short sight and had to wear big. thick glasses to see, i couldn't leave (glasses) in the phone box like Clark Kent could. That short sight lead me to have a detached retina.
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Translations for detached
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- самостоятелен, отделен, безпристрастенBulgarian
- fritståendeDanish
- puolueeton, ulkopuolinen, erillinenFinnish
- terpisahIndonesian
- frittståandeNorwegian Nynorsk
- frittståendeNorwegian
- friståendeSwedish
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