aloof
adjectiveEmotionally distant or reluctant to become closely involved with others.
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Clear all filtersEmotionally distant or reluctant to become closely involved with others.
Mental activity involved in knowing, thinking, perceiving, or remembering.
The quality of having many connected parts or considerations.
Complicated and difficult to follow.
Complicated and hard to follow
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Not actively involved or mentally and emotionally invested.
Carefully developed and containing many details or complex features.
Absorbed in something to the exclusion of other concerns.
Fair and just toward the people involved.
To become involved in order to affect a situation.
Made up of many connected details or parts.
Preoccupied with one's own thoughts, concerns, or interests.
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