detached

Adjective

• not fixed in position
  • the detached shutter fell on him
    
  • he pulled his arm free and ran
    

• lacking affection or warm feeling
  • an uncaring person
    

• used of buildings; standing apart from others
  • detached houses
    
  • a detached garage
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  free , unaffectionate , uncaring , separated , isolated , set-apart , degage , uninvolved