unattached

Example Sentences

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Because age, termites and water had attacked wooden beams, the house sat unattached on its foundation; it has been reaffixed, and moisture levels controlled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

With a staggering 30 million more men than women, one of the world's most populous countries has a deluge of unattached males.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

Firefighters soaked hay in diesel fuel, then set fire to what remained of the unattached home that evening in a “controlled burn.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2025

“All of the fear and the anxiety and the threat lingers unattached to anything,” Makari said.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

The message of the book is that the Iks have transformed themselves into an irreversibly disagreeable collection of unattached, brutish creatures, totally selfish and loveless, in response to the dismantling of their traditional culture.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas