definition of
detached

[1] #1 detached s. [degage, uninvolved] 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". wn

[2] #2 detached s. [isolated, separated, set-apart] 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". wn

[3] #3 detached s. [separated] 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". wn

[4] #4 detached a. used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage". wn

[5] #5 detached s. [free] not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran". wn