detached

(verb) cause to become detached or separated; take off. Synonyms: detach. Example: "Detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it."

(verb) separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment. Synonyms: detach. Example: "Detach a regiment."

(verb) come to be detached. Synonyms: detach, come off, come away. Example: "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery."

(adj) showing lack of emotional involvement. Synonyms: degage, uninvolved. Examples: "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) being or feeling set or kept apart from others. Synonyms: isolated, separated, set-apart. Examples: "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."

(adj) no longer connected or joined. Synonyms: separated. Examples: "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) used of buildings; standing apart from others. Synonyms: detached (vs. attached). Examples: "Detached houses." "A detached garage."

(adj) lacking affection or warm feeling. Synonyms: unaffectionate, uncaring. Example: "An uncaring person."

(adj) not fixed in position. Synonyms: free. Examples: "The detached shutter fell on him." "He pulled his arm free and ran."