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. 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"