disconnected

adjective

dis·​con·​nect·​ed ˌdis-kə-ˈnek-təd How to pronounce disconnected (audio)
: not connected : separate
also : incoherent
a disconnected narrative
disconnectedly adverb
disconnectedness noun

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 Thus far, however, the PTI and its supporters remain wholly disconnected from the long-standing struggles and dissent against military excesses in Pakistan’s peripheries. Sarah Khan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024 The other numbers were either disconnected, went to different businesses or, in one case, went to a previous owner. Katie Thomas, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024 The identities behind those coins remained a mystery, and each of her clusters remained just as pseudonymous as the single, disconnected addresses had been originally. Andy Greenberg, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024 If a generative-image system tries to produce the frames of a movie, those frames end up disconnected, with details that don’t match up as time passes. Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024 First, the disconnected World Beyond, then the anthology Tales of the Walking Dead. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Citing a disconnected locker room, Cavs GM David Griffin made the move and didn't put an interim tag on Lue, who had been a finalist for the job in 2014. Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024 The deprivation and extreme hardship that takes place around the world are disconnected and detached experiences for most Americans. David J. Smith, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024 What follows is a near-plotless romp, as the boy embarks on a series of seemingly disconnected and nonsensical adventures through the tower’s disturbing netherworld. Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of disconnected was in 1751

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“Disconnected.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disconnected. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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

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