Unattached
[ʌnə'tætʃt] or [,ʌnə'tætʃt]
Definition
(adj.) not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship .
(adj.) not fastened together .
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Definition
(a.) Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.
(a.) Not assigned to any company or regiment.
(a.) Not taken or arrested.
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Definition
adj. not attached as of a student not living in college but in outside lodgings at Oxford and elsewhere: not seized for debt: not assigned to a particular regiment or company on half-pay.
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Examples
- You see me void of affection and religion, unattached by friend or family, unpiloted by principle or faith. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It so far exceeded the required conditions as to speed, that, when unattached to any carriages, it ran at the rate of 30 miles an hour. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Walker's _unattached_: 5th Alabama Battalion. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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