disconnected
Definition of disconnected
: not connected : separate; also : incoherent a disconnected narrative
disconnectedly
adverbdisconnectedness
nounExplore Merriam-Webster
Examples of disconnected in a Sentence
The phone lines are all disconnected.
Her biography reads like a series of disconnected stories.
Recent Examples of disconnected from the Web
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Olivera and Herdman did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday, and phone numbers for Safety were disconnected.
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But the West Bank, which surrounds Jerusalem from the north, east and south, has more than 2 million Palestinians in disconnected islands of autonomy set up in the 1990s and controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
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Most of its more than 2 million Palestinians live in disconnected islands of autonomy set up in the 1990s and controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
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Structures appear portable and therefore disconnected from their surroundings.
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First Known Use of disconnected
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DISCONNECTED Defined for English Language Learners
disconnected
Definition of disconnected for English Language Learners
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: not connected to something (such as a power source)
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: not having parts joined together in a logical way
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