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Definition of detached adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

detached

adjective
 
/dɪˈtætʃt/
 
/dɪˈtætʃt/
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  1. (of a house) not joined to another house on either side compare semi-detachedTopics Houses and homesb2
  2. showing a lack of feeling synonym indifferent
    • She wanted him to stop being so cool, so detached, so cynical.
    Extra Examples
    • She spoke in a normal, detached tone.
    • He was able to talk about it in a cold, detached manner.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    adverb
    • largely
    • very
    • completely
    preposition
    • from
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  3. (approving) not influenced by other people or by your own feelings synonym impartial
    • a detached observer
    • She tries to remain emotionally detached from her patients.
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