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- [uhn-uh-tacht]
- /ˌʌn əˈtætʃt/
- /ˌʌn.əˈtætʃt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [uhn-uh-tacht]
- /ˌʌn əˈtætʃt/
Definitions of unattached word
- adjective unattached not attached. 1
- adjective unattached not connected or associated with any particular body, group, organization, or the like; independent. 1
- adjective unattached not engaged or married. 1
- adjective unattached single, without a partner 1
- adjective unattached Someone who is unattached is not married or does not have a girlfriend or boyfriend. 0
- adjective unattached not connected with any specific thing, body, group, etc; independent 0
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Origin of unattached
First appearance:
before 1490 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1490-1500; un-1 + attached
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Parts of speech for Unattached
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unattached popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
unattached usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unattached
adv unattached
- by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
adj unattached
- alone — When you are alone, you are not with any other people.
- at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
- at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- conveyable — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
noun unattached
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
adjective unattached
- apart — When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
- eligible — qualified for sth
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- husbandless — Without a husband.
- mismatched — Simple past tense and past participle of mismatch.
adverb unattached
- widowed — a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
Antonyms for unattached
adj unattached
- affianced — betrothed; engaged.
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- chop chop — pidgin English for quickly
- chop-chop — with haste; quickly.
- clingy — If you describe someone as clingy, you mean that they become very attached to people and depend on them too much.
adjective unattached
- expeditive — (obsolete) Performing with speed.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- glued — Simple past tense and past participle of glue.
- wedded — united in matrimony; married: the wedded couple; a wedded woman.
- wedged — having the shape of a wedge.
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