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detached

adjective

1. a detached ticket stub.
   Antonyms: attached
2. having no wall in common with another building ( attached
   ):
   a detached house.
   Antonyms: attached
3. impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased:
   a detached judgment.
   Synonyms: uninvolved, unprejudiced, dispassionate, evenhanded, neutral
4. not involved or concerned; aloof.

/ dɪˈtætʃt /

adjective

1. disconnected or standing apart; not attached
   a detached house
2. having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested
3. social welfare
   working at the clients' normal location rather than from an office; not dependent on premises for providing a service
   Compare outreach
   a detached youth worker
4. ophthalmol
   (of the retina) separated from the choroid layer of the eyeball to which it is normally attached, resulting in loss of vision in the affected part

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Other Words From

• de·tached·ly [dih-, tach, -id-lee, -, tacht, -lee], adverb
• de·tached·ness noun
• unde·tached adjective

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Example Sentences

In a detached office, Ian had stored photos of the damage to his old house that burned in the 1990 Santa Barbara wildfire.

Perseverance during the past three years paid off, however, and the couple’s 1930’s detached house now has improved insulation, a heat pump, and an electric car charging point.

A life-sized Taylor Swift cake has had to be withdrawn from a major cake show after its hands detached in transit - somewhat apt for the singer of Shake it Off.

Maybe the detached skulls and bloody hands on our lawns are part of an endeavor to harness or reclaim our fears.

That means that large homes in affluent areas like north Down currently pay the same rates as much more modest detached houses.