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unattached
CIDE DICTIONARY
unattached, a.
- Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free. [1913 Webster]
- Not assigned to any company or regiment. [1913 Webster]
- Not taken or arrested. R. Junius. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unattached, adj.
1 (often foll. by to) not attached, esp. to a particular body, organization, etc.
2 not engaged or married.
1 (often foll. by to) not attached, esp. to a particular body, organization, etc.
2 not engaged or married.
THESAURUS
unattached
afoot and lighthearted, apart, asunder, at large, at liberty, autonomous, bipartite, clear, detached, dichotomous, discontinuous, discrete, disengaged, distinct, divergent, easygoing, emancipated, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, free, free and easy, free as air, freeborn, freed, go-as-you-please, in the clear, in two, incoherent, independent, insular, liberated, loose, noncohesive, on the loose, partitioned, released, scot-free, self-governing, self-regulating, self-reliant, self-sustained, self-sustaining, separate, single, unaffiliated, unassociated, unattended, uncommitted, unconnected, unengaged, uninvolved, unjoined, unmarriedROGET THESAURUS
unattached
Disjunction
N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.For further exploring for "unattached" in Webster Dictionary Online