disconnected

dis·con·nect·ed

adj

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

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Rhymes with DISCONNECTED

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