siloed

adjective

si·​loed ˈsī-(ˌ)lōd 

: kept in isolation in a way that hinders communication and cooperation : separated or isolated in a silo (see silo entry 1 sense 3)

The top team at Mars [Inc.] was siloed and replete with unspoken agendas. Members did not see the benefit of working as a team; they were only concerned with the success of their own region.

—Howard M. Guttman

Occupy Wall Street brought previously siloed issues under a big tent and sowed the seeds of revolutionary change that have yet to bear fruit.

—Nick Espinosa

Examples of siloed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If inventory is siloed, prices don’t match across channels, or fulfillment timelines are outdated, the agent will provide the wrong answer. —Mark Simon, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025

The boxing and the criminal businesses were mostly siloed from each other, but there was some overlap. —Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

When Harper was appointed not long before the takeover, the academy was smaller and siloed; heads-down, survival mode. —George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

At the same time, Showgirl has felt more siloed off from the broader culture – as much as a multi-million-selling album can feel that way – than Swift’s other recent output. —Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2000, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for siloed

• abode
• anode
• barcode
• bestowed
• boatload
• borrowed
• carload
• caseload
• cathode
• commode
• corrode
• crossroad