Unattached

Definition: Unattached

Unattached

Adjective

1. Not fastened together.

2. Not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.

3. (of animals) able to swim about; not attached.

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

Date "unattached" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Synonyms: Unattached

Disjunction

Adjective: disjoined; Verb: discontinuous; multipartite, abstract; disjunctive; secant; isolated; Verb: insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free; unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected; distinct; adrift; straggling; rift, reft.

Crosswords: Unattached

Books

• Contact: a report on a project with unattached young people in an area of high social need in Liverpool (reference)

• Don't Touch My Heart: Healing the Pain of an Unattached Child (reference)

• The unattached, the hooked, and the married (reference)

• Unattached youth : a study commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Men's dormitory at night at the homeless men's bureau, Sioux City, Iowa (for unattached men). Unemployment is the primary cause of their being here. This unemployment has been the direct cause of broken homes, through divorce and incompatibility. Most of. Credit: Library of Congress.

A card game in the recreation room of the homeless men's bureau. Sioux City, Iowa (for unattached men). Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "unattached": unattached student ♦ unattached vote. Additional references.

Albanian

i pavarur (detached, freelance, independent, irrespective, mugwump, non party, non-partisan, self contained, self sufficient, self-determined, self-sufficing, self-supporting, substantive, unbound), i palidhur (abrupt, disjointed, free, incoherent, scrappy, skimble-skamble, unbound, unrelated, untied), i lirë (at ease, available, brummagem, cheap, clear, disengaged, disposable, empty, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, frugal, inexpensive, loose, native, off, off duty, off-hour, open, quit, scotfree, twopenny, unbound, uncostly, uninhibited, unoccupied, vacant). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منفصل (detached, discrete, insular, separated), ‏مستقل (autonomous, detached, distinct, freelance, independent, maverick, particular, self contained, self-governing, separate, several, sovereign), ‏غير مرتبط ب, ‏أعزب (be distant, be single, celibate, single). (various references)

Bulgarian 

самостоятелен (independent, self contained, self sufficient, self-sufficing, separate, strong-minded, substantive), отделен (detached, discrete, disjunct, distinct, divided, independent, individual, insular, lone, odd, particular, self contained, separate, several, single, singular, solitary, stray), необвързан (footloose, uncommitted), незачислен, незавързан, неженен (lone, single, sole, unmarried, unwed, wifeless), неприкрепен (free). (various references)

Czech

volný (clear, comfortable, for hire, free, lax, liberal, loose, open, slack, spare, svelte, unoccupied, unrestrained, vacant), svobodný (free, freed, freelance, single, single person, unmarried, unwed), nezadaný, nezávislý (free lance, freedom-loving, freelance, independent, self contained), nepřipoutaný, nepřipevnìný (unstuck). (various references)

Danish

utilsigtet udledning (accidental spill, unattached spillage). (various references)

Dutch

storting van onbekende herkomst (unattached spillage), alleenstaande (single, single man, unattached man). (various references)

Esperanto

solulo (single, single man, unattached man). (various references)

Farsi 

منتظردستور, ناوابسته (Uncommitted), توفیق نشده , ازاد (Exempt, Free, Gratis, Immune, Loose, Open, Patent, Unrestrained), اعزام نشده . (various references)

French

sans attaches, libre (unchecked, uncommitted, unengaged, unoccupied, unrestricted), indépendant, célibataire (unmarried, unmarried woman). (various references)

German

ungebunden (footloose, independent, loose, unattachedly, unbound, unbounded, uncommitted, unlinked), unabhängig (abandoned, freelance, independantly, independent, independently, nonpartisan, self contained, sovereign). (various references)

Greek 

ασύνδετοσ (desultory, disconnected, unconnected), αδέσμευτοσ (uncommitted, under no obligation, unfettered, unpleadged). (various references)

Hebrew 

עצמאי (autonomous, independent, maverick, sovereign, substantive). (various references)

Hungarian

független (free, independent, irrespective, maverick, self-sufficing, separate, sovereign, substantive, uncontrolled). (various references)

Italian

senza legami, libero (available, clear, disengaged, empty, free, leisured, loose, open, spare, unchecked, unconstrained, unrestricted, vacant), indipendente (free, freelance, independent, self-conteined, self-supporting, separate, stand alone, standalone). (various references)

Manx

neuchianglt (freelance, unbound), gyn kiangley (anchorless, loose, unconnected, unfettered). (various references)

Pig Latin

attachedunay

Portuguese

não ligado a nada, não comprometido (uncommitted), não arrestado, livre (bohemian, clear, disengaged, exempt, fetterless, floating, free, immune, independent, leisured, loose, masterless, off, quit, spare, spontaneous, unappropriated, unconstrained, unencumbered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unoccupied, unrestrained, untied, untrammelled), independente (autonomic, autonomous, free, independant, independent, irrespective, self-contained, self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-sufficing, separate, uncommitted), disponível (disposable, ready to use, spare, unappropriated, unoccupied). (various references)

Romanian

audient (tosher, unattached student). (various references)

Russian 

незамужняя (discovert, maiden, single, unmarried, unwed), неприкрепленный, непривязанный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

neprivržen, neprivezan, nepriložen, neprikačen, nepričvršćen, neoženjen (single, unmarried), koji nije u vezi. (various references)

Spanish

soltero (bachelor, drifter, single, stag, unmarried), libre (disengaged, exempt, free, idle, leisure, loose, off duty, open, quit, spare, unchecked, unoccupied, vacant, vacationist), disponible (available, disposable, forthcoming, free, on call, prompt, ready, spare, unoccupied, vacant). (various references)

Swedish

obunden (disengaged, fancy-free, footloose, free, non committal, non-commital, unbound, unfettered, unhampered), oberoende (independant, independence, independency, independent, independently, self sufficient, self-reliance, self-reliant, self-sufficing), fri (at large, clear, fair, fancy-free, fetterless, footloose, free, independent, loose, open, unbound, unchecked, unrestrained, vacant). (various references)

Turkish

serbest (at large, at liberty, cavalier, disengaged, easy, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, freehearted, freewheeling, go-as-you-please, in the clear, independent, latitudinarian, leisure, liberal, loose, open, permissive, quit, unbound, unchecked, unconfined, unconstrained, unencumbered, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, untrammelled), boşta (fancy-free, idled, out of gear, unemployed), bekâr (Bach, bachelor, celibate, single, sole, unmarried, unwed, unwedded), bağlı olmayan (non-aligned), bağımsız (crossbench, detached, distanced, free, independent, sovereign, uncommitted, unconnected). (various references)

Ukrainian

неодружений (chaste, unmarried), не прив'язаний. (various references)

Vietnamese 

không bị trói buộc (unshackled), không bị kiềm chế (uncontrolled, unrestrained, unshackled). (various references)

Misspellings

"Unattached" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unattacked, unattracted, unnattached. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: actuated, aduncate, attached, chaunted, unhatted.

-3 letters: actuate, attache, attuned, cathead, caudate, chanted, chateau, chatted, etchant, haunted, nutated, taunted, unacted, unteach.

-4 letters: acuate, adnate, attach, attend, attune, cadent, canted, catena, catted, chaeta, chaunt, chuted, datcha, decant, detach, hanted, hatted, hunted, hutted, nautch, nuchae, nutate, nutted, tauted, tauten.

-5 letters: aahed, aceta, ached, acned, acted, acute, adunc.

+3 letters: authenticated.