detached
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(s) 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
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(s) 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
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(s) 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
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(a) used of buildings; standing apart from others
- detached houses
- a detached garage
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(s) lacking affection or warm feeling
- an uncaring person
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(s) not fixed in position
- the detached shutter fell on him
- he pulled his arm free and ran