Detached

Definition: Detached

Detached

Adjective

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. (architecture) used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage".

5. Not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "detached" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Detached

Coherence

Adjective: nonadhesive, immiscible; incoherent, detached, loose, baggy, slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming; disheveled; segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated; uncombined;

Incuriosity

Adjective: incurious, uninquisitive, indifferent; impassive; uninterested, detached, aloof.

Irrelation

Remote, far-fetched, out of the way, forced, neither here nor there, quite another thing; detached, segregate; disquiparant.

Crosswords: Detached

But all my passion went with the golden hair, and all the spirit of preternatural flesh detached, unchangeable, empty (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Books

• Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses & Reviews (reference)

• Managing Yourself: Management by Detached Involvement (Developmental Management) (reference)

• Semi Detached Marriage (reference)

• Work to Welfare : How Men Become Detached from the Labour Market (reference)

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Music

• Detached (reference)

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High Tech

• Access Unit / Base Station - Indoor Mounting Detached Antennas (reference)

• Breezecom Ext-30 Low Loss Extension Cable 30Ft For Detached Antenna (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

SURVEYOR launches for detached party tied up. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Monark outfitted for hydrography in Indian River Inlet, Delaware coast Motorola Miniranger secured on mast and covered with red flagging Boat was being used for range-azimuth hydrography Detached party from NOAA Ship PEIRCE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Camp at Cape Kekurnoi on a calm day Detached party off of SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

"Detached Mass of the Pyramid of Cholula" in: "Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America," by Alexander von Humboldt and translated by Helen Maria Williams, 1814. Vol. II, title page. Library Call Number C/gLH919. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Detached orifice of beach replenishment dredge pipeline observed during Girl Scout beach study. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Scales Detached From Cases of Psoriasis and Ichthyosis During the Course of Thyroid Treatment. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 above shall be applied to the lines of former Russian Poland converted by Germany to the German gauge, such lines being regarded as detached from the Prussian State System. (reference)

His judgment, almost detached from hope, soared and floated aloft

Health

In some cases a scleral buckle, a tiny synthetic band, is attached to the outside of the eyeball to gently push the wall of the eye against the detached retina. (references)

Business

The organizations overseeing the drainage systems and the treatment plants are encouraged to be detached from the government and to adopt a corporate style of management. (references)

In addition, rising living standards and increased access to cities via improved highways have allowed middle to high-income people to move out of the cities and live in single-family, detached houses in "satellite" towns. (references)

Economic History

Chad

In 2000, the local phone service was detached from the postal service and combined with the international phone and internet service, TIT, to form a new company, Soteltchad. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Some residences have detached servant quarters and large gardens as well as covered patios. (references)

Expressions using "detached": become detached ♦ clinical detached unemotional ♦ Detached escapement ♦ detached house ♦ detached pieces ♦ detached post ♦ detached retina. Additional references.

Ending with "detached": semi-detached.

Containing "detached": semi-detached house.

Albanian

me shërbim, i veçuar (dangling, individual, isolated, lonely, out of the way, retired, secluded, segregate, separate, several, single), i veçantë (characteristic, discrete, distinct, distinctive, especial, exceptional, exclusive, extra, extra special, individual, odd, of one's own, off, particular, particularized, peculiar, pet, queer, racy, rare, separate, single, sole, special, specific, uncommon), i pavarur (freelance, independent, irrespective, mugwump, non party, non-partisan, self contained, self sufficient, self-determined, self-sufficing, self-supporting, substantive, unattached, unbound). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منفصل (discrete, insular, separated, unattached), ‏محرر (clerk, editor, good riddance, liberate, liberator, redactor, rescuer, writer), ‏مستقل (autonomous, distinct, freelance, independent, maverick, particular, self contained, self-governing, separate, several, sovereign, unattached), ‏غير متحيز (candid, colorless, colourless, impartial, indifferent, just, unprejudiced). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отстранен (lonely), откъснат (cut off, disconnected, solitary, torn), отделен (discrete, disjunct, distinct, divided, independent, individual, insular, lone, odd, particular, self contained, separate, several, single, singular, solitary, stray, unattached), обособен (discrete, separate, single, specialized), незаангажиран, безпристрастен (clinical, dispassionate, equitable, even, even handed, fair, immovable, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, judicial, non-partisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced). (various references)

Chinese 

分隔. (various references)

Czech

stojící o samotì, odtažitý, oddìlený (discrete, separate, sequestered), objektivní (disinterested, impartial, objective, open minded, unbiased, unbiassed), nestranný (disinterested, dispassionate, even handed, evenhanded, impartial, unbiased, unbiassed), lhostejný (apathetic, casual, cold, coldly, impassive, impervious, indifferent, insensible, lackadaisical, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, phlegmatic, unconcerned, uninterested, unsympathetic). (various references)

Danish

fritliggende (isolated). (various references)

Dutch

vrijstaand (free standing, free-standing, isolated), vrýstaand (free-standing), terughoudend, afstandelijk, afstandelýk. (various references)

Esperanto

sinretenema, neintima. (various references)

Finnish

irrallinen (disconnected, irregular, isolated, loose, separate), erillinen (separate). (various references)

French

disposé isolément, détachai, détachée, détaché, détachâmes, détacha, librement implanté, isolé. (various references)

German

losgelöst, gelöst (disengaged, solved, unfastened), freistehend (being vacant, freestanding, self-supporting), abgelöst (unsoldered). (various references)

Greek 

ξεκομμένοσ, αμερόληπτοσ (candid, disinterested, impartial, judicial, objective, unbiased), απροκατάληπτοσ (unbiased, unprejudiced), αποκολλημένος, απομονωμένοσ (incommunicado, isolated, secluded, sequestered). (various references)

Hebrew 

מנותק (disconnected), תלוש (check, coupon, picked, plucked, slip, stub, torn out), בדל (a separate part, end, flap, piece, separated, stub, tip). (various references)

Hungarian

különálló (separate, discrete). (various references)

Icelandic

einbýlishús (detached house). (various references)

Indonesian

curai (apart, clear, evident, loose, real), coplok (apart, break off, come loose). (various references)

Italian

isolato (block, insulated, isolated, remote). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

分 (branch, chance of winning, degree, dividing, duty, kind, lot, minute, odds, one percent, one-hundredth of a shaku, one-quarter of a ryou, one's lot, one's status, part, percentage, rate, ration, relation, segment, share, thickness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぶん (branch, degree, dividing, duty, kind, lot, one's lot, one's status, part, rate, ration, relation, segment, sentence, share). (various references)

Korean 

분리되는 (Discrete, separate). (various references)

Manx

scart (apart, disjoined, gape, recess, separate, separated, slashed), scarrit (disconnected, disengaged, distinguished, disunited, divorced, parted, separated, spaced, sundry). (various references)

Norwegian

frittliggende, frakoplet (disconnected). (various references)

Pig Latin

etachedday.(various references)

Portuguese

destacado (staccato). (various references)

Romanian

dezinvolt (easy, unembarrassed, unselfconscious), dezinteresat (disinterested, impersonal, unselfish), detaşat (disengaged), desprins de, desfãcut (disconnected, free, loose, loosely, open, outspread, undone), separat (apart, asunder, discrete, distinct, divided, dividual, independently, isolated, segregate, separated, separately, severally, single), izolat (apart, isolated, lonely, lonesome, out of the way, private, remote, removed, retired, scattered, secluded, seclusive, segregate, separate, sequestered, solitary, unfrequented), imparţial (candid, dispassionate, equal, even handed, fair-minded, free, impartial, impartially, unbiased, unbiassed, unprejudiced). (various references)

Russian 

оторванный, отдельный (discrete, distinct, dividual, individual, isolated, peculiar, scattered, segregate, separate, several, single, stand-alone), отделять;отключать (detach), обособленный (dangling, insular), несвязанный (untied), независимый (independent, self-determined), беспристрастный (impartial, dispassionate). (various references)

Scottish

t- (part of the art. detached and prefixed to the nom. case of n.). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odvojen (discrete, divided, forked, segregate, separate, separated, sequestered), određen za zadatak, nezavisan (independent, non-independent). (various references)

Spanish

desprendido (disinterested), desinteresado (disinterested), suelto (loose, change), separado (separate, special), postizo (postiche), objetivo (objective, goal), aislado (insulated, remote). (various references)

Swedish

fristående (off-line, stand-alone). (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งแยกออก. (various references)

Turkish

tarafsız (candid, clinical, colorless, colourless, crossbench, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, even handed, fair-minded, free from bias, impartial, judicial, neutral, non committal, non party, noncommittal, nonpartisan, non-partisan, nonparty, unbiased, unbiassed, uncolored, uncoloured, uncommitted, unprejudiced, unwarped), bağımsız (crossbench, distanced, free, independent, sovereign, unattached, uncommitted, unconnected). (various references)

Ukrainian

відірваний (discrete), відокремлений (abstracted, dangling, lone), окремий (discriminate, distinct, especial, individual, isolated, particular, partitive, private, self contained, separate, single), незалежний (autonomic, exempt, free, freelance, independent, non-affiliated, self sufficient, self-supporting). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tách ra (dividual, split), rời ra (loose), không thiên kiến, khách quan (cross-bench, unprejudiced), đứng riêng ra không lệ thuộc; vô tư. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "detached": detachedly, detachedness, detachednesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "detached": semidetached. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Detached" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: decacred, detacted, detacthed, detatched, deteced, dretched. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cheated.

-2 letters: decade, detach, etched, headed, heated, teched, thecae.

-3 letters: ached, acted, cadet, ceded, cheat, dated, death, eched, haded, hated, tache, teach, theca.

-4 letters: aced, ache, cade, cate, cede, cete, chad, chat, dace, date, dead, deed, deet, each, eath, eche, etch, hade, haed, haet, hate, head, heat, heed, tace, tach, teed, thae, thee.

-5 letters: ace.

+2 letters: despatched, detachedly.

+3 letters: coldhearted, thickheaded.

+4 letters: acetaldehyde, detachedness, disenchanted, semidetached.

+5 letters: acetaldehydes, candlelighted, coldheartedly, dechlorinated.