detached

Etymology

adj

  1. Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.
  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
  3. Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
  4. Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of detach

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