disconnected
adjective
dis·con·nect·ed
ˌdis-kə-ˈnek-təd 
: not connected : separate
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.
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The experience left her feeling disconnected from some of the material.
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Tiana Denicola, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025
Deep analytics, rapid data processing, and modern ML pipelines typically require cloud-scale compute, a challenge when networks must remain disconnected for security.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
As Ittoqqortoormiit became more disconnected from traditional hunting practices, the municipality introduced new rules to keep dogs out of town.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
For years, those datasets sat in silos, slowing even basic scientific questions and forcing teams to pull information from a patchwork of disconnected systems.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
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Tiana Denicola, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025
Deep analytics, rapid data processing, and modern ML pipelines typically require cloud-scale compute, a challenge when networks must remain disconnected for security.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
As Ittoqqortoormiit became more disconnected from traditional hunting practices, the municipality introduced new rules to keep dogs out of town.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
For years, those datasets sat in silos, slowing even basic scientific questions and forcing teams to pull information from a patchwork of disconnected systems.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disconnected
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“Disconnected.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disconnected. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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