[syn: free-swimming, unattached]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unattached \Un`at*tached"\, a.
1. Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.
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2. (Mil.) Not assigned to any company or regiment.
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3. (Law) Not taken or arrested. --R. Junius.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unattached
adj 1: not fastened together
2: not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship [syn:
unattached, uncommitted] [ant: attached, committed]
3: (of animals) able to swim about; not attached [syn: free-
swimming, unattached]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "unattached":
afoot and lighthearted, apart, asunder, at large, at liberty,
autonomous, bipartite, clear, detached, dichotomous, discontinuous,
discrete, disengaged, distinct, divergent, easygoing, emancipated,
footloose, footloose and fancy-free, free, free and easy,
free as air, freeborn, freed, go-as-you-please, in the clear,
in two, incoherent, independent, insular, liberated, loose,
noncohesive, on the loose, partitioned, released, scot-free,
self-governing, self-regulating, self-reliant, self-sustained,
self-sustaining, separate, single, unaffiliated, unassociated,
unattended, uncommitted, unconnected, unengaged, uninvolved,
unjoined, unmarried