detached

comparative more detached · superlative most detached

1. Not physically attached; separated from something to which it could connect.

   Synonyms: distinct, unattached, discrete, distinct, disparate, loose, separate, sundry

2. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.

   "That field is their football ground and the detached house is their library and recreation room."

   1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed

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   Located on the northbound platform, the detached, timber-clad waiting room (a period Furness Railway structure) has been adapted into a pet-friendly, self-catering, two-bedroom holiday home complete with sun lounge and garden for those sunny Cumbrian days.

   2025 October 15, Stephen Roberts, “Top 10: Railway retreats: St Bees, Cumbria”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 57

3. Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.

   Synonyms: objective, unbiased, candid, cold, clinical, egal, equal, equitable

4. Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of detach