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detached
adjective
used of buildings; standing apart from others
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 8
- Starts with
- D
- Ends with
- D
- Contains
- ETACHE
- Scrabble score
- 15
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
dɪˈtæt͡ʃt
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Meaning
Definitions
adjective
used of buildings; standing apart from others
“detached houses”
adjective
showing lack of emotional involvement
“{'source': 'J.S.Perelman', 'text': 'adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair'}”
adjective
no longer connected or joined
“a detached part”
adjective
not fixed in position
“the detached shutter fell on him”
adjective
lacking affection or warm feeling
“an uncaring person”
adjective
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
“she felt detached from the group”
In context
Example Sentences
detached houses
a detached garage
{'source': 'J.S.Perelman', 'text': 'adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair'}
she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive
an uninvolved bystander
a detached part
on one side of the island was a huge rock, almost detached
the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases
the detached shutter fell on him
he pulled his arm free and ran
an uncaring person
she felt detached from the group
{'source': 'Sherwood Anderson', 'text': 'could not remain the isolated figure he had been'}
thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
had a set-apart feeling
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