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   De·tached

   /dəˈtaCHt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. separate or disconnected. Similar unfasteneddisconnecteddisengagedpartedseparatedseparateuncoupledremovedloosedlooseneduntiedunhitchedundoneunhookedunbuttonedunzippedfreeseveredcut offhacked offtorn offbroken offOpposite connected
   • ▪ (of a house or other building) not joined to another on either side: "a four-bedroom detached house" Similar standing aloneseparateunconnectednot attachedOpposite semidetachedterraced
   • ▪ aloof and objective: "he managed to remain detached from petty politics" Similar dispassionatedisinterestedindifferentobjectiveuninvolvedaloofoutsideremotedistantimpersonalopen-mindedneutralunbiasedunprejudicedimpartialnonpartisanwith no axe to grindfairfair-mindedjustequitableeven-handedunselfishOpposite biasedinvolved

   Derivatives

   • 1. detachedly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

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