Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   detached

   /dɪˈtatʃt/

   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-bedroomed detached house" Similar standing aloneseparateunconnectednot attachedOpposite semi-detachedterraced
   • ▪ (of a social worker or social work) operating or based in the community rather than in an office: "detached youth workers"
   • 2. aloof and objective: "he is a detached observer of his own actions" Similar dispassionatedisinterestedindifferentobjectiveuninvolvedaloofoutsideremotedistantimpersonalopen-mindedneutralunbiasedunprejudicedimpartialnon-partisanwith no axe to grindfairfair-mindedjustequitableeven-handedunselfishOpposite biasedinvolved

   Derivatives

   • 1. detachedly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points