unattached

adjective

1 they were both unattached and deeply attracted to one another:

unmarried, single, unwed, unwedded;

unengaged, unbetrothed;

wifeless, husbandless, spouseless, partnerless, without a partner/husband/wife;

with no ties, uncommitted, free, available, footloose and fancy free, not going out with anyone, on one's own, by oneself, unescorted, lone, on the shelf, unloved;

separated, divorced, widowed;

archaic sole.

▷antonyms attached, married, engaged, spoken for.

2 most of the runners were local people unattached to any organization:

unaffiliated, unallied, uncommitted;

unassociated with, independent of;

autonomous, nonaligned, self-governing, self-ruling, nonpartisan, neutral, separate, unconnected, individual, distinct, detached.

▷antonyms attached.