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(adj) degage, uninvolved
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
(adj) separated
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
(adj) free
not fixed in position
the detached shutter fell on him; he pulled his arm free and ran
(adj) unaffectionate, uncaring
lacking affection or warm feeling
an uncaring person
(adj) separated, set-apart, isolated
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