disconnected

adjective

dis·​con·​nect·​ed ˌdis-kə-ˈnek-təd 

: not connected : separate

also : incoherent

a disconnected narrative

disconnectedly adverb

disconnectedness noun

Synonyms

• confusing
• confused
• frustrating
• unconnected
• inconsistent
• disjointed
• bizarre
• incoherent

Examples of disconnected in a Sentence

The phone lines are all disconnected.

Her biography reads like a series of disconnected stories.

Recent Examples on the Web

Equal temperatures and properties for the Universe even in causally disconnected regions; a Universe with a singular beginning made no such prediction. —Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025

Because most people back in Roman times were illiterate and totally disconnected from the news of the World. —Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025

Often, that lack of control is rooted in disconnected, incomplete or ungoverned data, leaving AI agents to make decisions that are misleading at best and reputation-damaging at worst. —Ed MacOsky, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Muller seems disconnected from everyone else here, but then that was what Muller was all about. —Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for disconnected

• disaffected
• disinfected
• interjected
• intersected
• misdirected
• preselected
• recollected
• reconnected
• redirected
• reelected
• resurrected
• unaffected

Kids Definition

disconnected

adjective

dis·​con·​nect·​ed

1

: not connected : separate

2

: impossible to understand : incoherent sense 2

a disconnected speech

disconnectedly adverb

disconnectedness noun