distant

Phonetic

US /ˈdɪstənt/UK /ˈdɪstənt/

Translations

ADJFar off (physically, logically or mentally)., Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.

Variants

    Examples

    • For four months in 1989 it skimmed that distant world and gathered valuable data on Neptune’s bizarre features.

      Source:www.smithsonianmag.com

    • “It suggests people are capable of making more distant associations and thereby finding [conceptual] bridges that they might not otherwise discover,” Schooler says

      Source:www.scientificamerican.com

    • It is the most distant photo ever taken of the Earth

      Source:www.quora.com

    • In the not too distant past, if a company wanted to host their own application or website, they needed to purchase and maintain a physical machine

      Source:medium.com

    • At least people now see the need to protect themselves against the virus, which was once viewed as a terrifying but distant threat

      Source:www.economist.com

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