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Detached
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| Afrikaans Meaning | losstaande, losmaak
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| 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 / lacking affection or warm feeling / Separate / emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically separate / separate or disconnected, in particular. / not emotional : not influenced by emotions or personal interest / not joined or connected : separate from another part or thing, | |
| Usage | ⇒ A detached part of the body cant be attached again So many detached houses are there in the town The detached shutter fell on him ⇒ A detached part of the body cant be attached again ⇒ To a child growing up in an apartment or a row house, to live in a detached house was an unattainable dream. ⇒ The house has a detached garage. ⇒ he detached the front lamp from its bracket ⇒ Rescue workers must remain detached to do their jobs well |
| Synonyms | aloof, indifferent, cool, dispassionate, unconcerned, removed, separated, disconnected, disinterested, separate, distant, isolated, apathetic, divided, neutral, remote, reserved, dissociated, impartial, segregated, |
| Antonyms | attached, concerned, connected, adjoining, ardent, biased, companionable, fixed, friendly, outgoing, social, warm, added, adhere, adjacent, adjoin, affectionate, amiable, attach, avid, |
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