adjective

removed

distant, separate, remote

He lives in a village far removed from the city.

He lives in a village far removed from the city.

Her ideas are far removed from reality.

Her ideas are far removed from reality.

((from sth.)) distant from (sth.) The house is far removed from the main road.

Synonyms: distant, separate, detached; Antonyms: close, near, connected

The past participle of the verb 'remove', used as an adjective. The sense developed from 'having been taken away' to 'distant'.

Imagine something has been physically 'removed' to a far-off place, so it is now 'removed' from you, i.e., distant.

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