unattached [uhn-uh-tacht] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for unattached on Thesaurus.com adjective
- not attached.
- not connected or associated with any particular body, group, organization, or the like; independent.
- not engaged or married.
Origin of unattached First recorded in 1490–1500; un-1 + attached Related Words for unattached apart, autonomous, available, detached, fancy-free, footloose, independent, separate, single, unconnected, uninvolved, unmarried, unaffiliated Examples from the Web for unattached Contemporary Examples of unattached
The “unicorns” are the unattached, attractive women roaming about the room.
Richard Abowitz
January 22, 2014
The quartet giggles like preteen girls around its idol, an unattached alpha male played by Joe Manganiello.
Pop Culture’s House Husbands Lag Behind the Reality in American Homes
Soraya Roberts
June 18, 2013
Why the Lufthansa flight was allowed to take off with an unattached bag is a puzzle.
The Bomb Threat Under the Seats
Clive Irving
December 28, 2009
Here in Mumbai, unattached women in their late-20s, 30s, and 40s suddenly seem to be everywhere.
The Carrie Bradshaws of Mumbai
Keshni Kashyap
February 25, 2009
Historical Examples of unattached
The minister had said “unattached,” but Captain Obed did not offer to correct the quotation.
Joseph C. Lincoln
You are to be on the staff of an archbishop,—a sort of Christian unattached.
The Bramleighs Of Bishop’s Folly
Charles James Lever
It, too, was unattached at the other end; it had no connection with the air-pump.
John Gayther’s Garden and the Stories Told Therein
Frank R. Stockton
I’m a war correspondent, unattached just at present, but following the German army.
Robert W. Chambers
From them, both arms hung loose, unattached at the shoulder blades.
Lester del Rey
British Dictionary definitions for unattached unattached adjective
- not connected with any specific thing, body, group, etc; independent
- not engaged or married
- (of property) not seized or held as security or in satisfaction of a judgment
Word Origin and History for unattached adj.
late 15c., “not arrested or seized,” from un- (1) “not” + past participle of attach. Meaning “not associated with any body or institution” is recorded from 1796; sense of “single, not engaged or married” is first attested 1874.