detached
/dɪˈtætʃt/
adjective
- Not connected or attached to anything; separate.
- The report listed several detached facts that didn't seem to relate to each other.
- The detached garage sits about twenty feet from the house.
- She found a detached button on the floor and sewed it back on.
- Not showing or feeling emotional involvement; aloof or impartial.
- The judge remained detached and listened to both sides without bias.
- It's hard to stay detached when your own family is involved.
- He spoke about the accident in a detached way, as if it had happened to someone else.
verb
- Past tense and past participle of detach; to separate or remove something from something else.
- She detached the trailer from the back of the truck.
- The mechanic detached the old battery and replaced it with a new one.
- He carefully detached the stamp from the envelope using tweezers.