adj
Meaning 1
Not attached or joined; disconnected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Take the unattached end of the rope in one hand.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unattached
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˌʌnəˈtæt͡ʃt/
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rhymes with -ætʃt
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 T AE1 CH T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not married and not involved in a romantic relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not connected with or belonging to a group or organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Not seized for debt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of unattach
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncommitted
Antonyms: attached
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
(of animals) able to swim about; not attached
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: free-swimming
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
not fastened together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English attached English unattached From un- + attached.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неженен (neženen) — not married
- Bulgarian: необвързан (neobvǎrzan) — not married
- Dutch: alleenstaand — not married
- Dutch: ongehuwd — not married
- Finnish: sitoutumaton — not married
- German: ungebunden — not married
- Irish: singil — not married
- Irish: díomhaoin — not married
- Bulgarian: незакрепен (nezakrepen) — not attached
- Dutch: los — not attached
- Dutch: niet gebonden — not attached
- Finnish: irrallinen — not attached
- Finnish: erillinen — not attached
- Spanish: suelto — not attached
- Spanish: libre — not attached
- Spanish: no adosado — not attached
Real reading context