disconnectedness

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Recent Examples of disconnectedness There was a disconnectedness to his eyes at times. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026 Public health experts have been warning about the consequences of not addressing the rising social disconnectedness that is being seen. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026 This dynamic of connectedness and disconnectedness on the river has stood the test of time. Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025 Putnam notes a drop in participation in traditional social and civic activities, which has led to feelings of isolation, loneliness, and disconnectedness from family, friends, and neighbors. Susan Angle Damone, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnectedness
Noun
  • Increasingly, experts suggest relationship strain may not always reflect incompatibility as much as cumulative exhaustion.
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • What is the team’s long-term plan for Derik Queen in light of his incompatibility so far with Zion?
    William Guillory, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His life is both ordinary and extraordinary, and the storytelling holds those seeming opposites in pleasing tension.
    John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • The capital flows leaving Korea reflect ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, which are driving safe-haven demand.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • The administration has signaled that proposals from Tehran have gotten incrementally better as the negotiations have dragged on, but that disorganization of leadership has complicated the process.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2026
  • A lot of the case seemed to come down to disorganization and messy paperwork.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Instruments and voices accumulate into immense, sustained, saturating dissonances, with a snare drum cutting through the tear-gas haze.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • The extraordinary dissonance between his films’ classically cartoonish aesthetic and their thematic bleakness makes Vázquez one of the most singular and consistently surprising animation auteurs working today.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Slow starts, Karl-Anthony Towns’ inconsistent offensive involvement and disjointedness on both ends of the floor have been pain points for this Knicks team all season under new head coach Mike Brown.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026

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“Disconnectedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnectedness. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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