unattached

[ uhn-uh-tacht ]
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adjective
  1. not attached.

  2. not connected or associated with any particular body, group, organization, or the like; independent.

  1. not engaged or married.

Origin of unattached

1
First recorded in 1490–1500; un-1 + attached

Words Nearby unattached

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How to use unattached in a sentence

  • As a single man unattached, I had had a wide and miscellaneous social range, but now I found myself falling into place in a set.

    The New Machiavelli | Herbert George Wells
  • So the good old major was sort of unattached, and glad enough, I took it, to be a guest at anybody's table.

    The Wreckers | Francis Lynde
  • At dinner he was allotted a seat at a large round table reserved for unattached males like himself.

  • The friars, learned and powerful, naturally drew to them great numbers of the poor unattached scholars.

British Dictionary definitions for unattached

unattached

/ (ˌʌnəˈtætʃt) /


adjective
  1. not connected with any specific thing, body, group, etc; independent

  2. not engaged or married

  1. (of property) not seized or held as security or in satisfaction of a judgment

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