disconnected

dis·con·nect·ed

adjective

Definition of DISCONNECTED

: not connected : separate; also : incoherent <a disconnected narrative>

— dis·con·nect·ed·ly adverb

— dis·con·nect·ed·ness noun

Examples of DISCONNECTED

1. The phone lines are all disconnected.
2. Her biography reads like a series of disconnected stories.

First Known Use of DISCONNECTED

1783

Related to DISCONNECTED

Synonyms

choppy, incoherent, disjointed, unconnected

Antonyms

coherent, connected

Related Words

baffling, bewildering, confounding, confused, confusing, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, muddled, perplexing, puzzling, unorganized; disconcerting, frustrating; fallacious, illogical, inconsistent, invalid, irrational, unsound; absurd, asinine, bizarre, curious, eccentric, foolish, odd, outlandish, outré, peculiar, screwy, strange, unreasonable, unusual, weird; meaningless, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, silly; unconvincing; inexplicable, unaccountable, unexplainable

Near Antonyms

ordered, orderly, organized, systematic, systematized; logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, solid, sound, valid; cogent, compelling, convincing, persuasive, plausible, satisfying; clear, clear-cut, lucid, perspicuous, transparent, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable

Rhymes with DISCONNECTED

disaffected, fuel-injected, recollected, self-affected, self-collected, self-elected, unaffected, undirected, unexpected, unprotected, unselected