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Difference Between Unattached and Detached

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Unattached

Not joined, especially to surrounding tissue.

Detached

Separate or disconnected.

Unattached

Not committed to or dependent on another person or group.

Detached

Aloof and objective
He is a detached observer of his own actions

Unattached

Not married, engaged, or involved in a serious sexual or romantic relationship.
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Detached

Separated; disconnected
A detached part.
A detached plug.

Unattached

(Law) Of or relating to property that has not been seized by legal writ.

Detached

Standing apart from others; separate
A house with a detached garage.

Unattached

Not attached or joined; disconnected.
Take the unattached end of the rope in one hand.

Detached

Marked by an absence of emotional involvement or personal interest; aloof or unbiased.
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Unattached

Not married and not involved in a romantic relationship.

Detached

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

Unattached

Not connected with or belonging to a particular group or organization.

Detached

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

Unattached

(obsolete) Not seized for debt.

Detached

Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.

Unattached

Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.

Detached

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

Unattached

Not assigned to any company or regiment.

Detached

Simple past tense and past participle of detach

Unattached

Not taken or arrested.

Detached

Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels.

Unattached

Not fastened together

Detached

Showing lack of emotional involvement;
Adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair
She may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive
An uninvolved bystander

Unattached

Not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship

Detached

Being or feeling set or kept apart from others;
She felt detached from the group
Could not remain the isolated figure he had been
Thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
Had a set-apart feeling

Unattached

(of animals) able to swim about; not attached

Detached

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

Detached

Used of buildings; standing apart from others;
Detached houses
A detached garage

Detached

Not fixed in position;
The detached shutter fell on him
He pulled his arm free and ran

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