disconnected

[ dis-kuh-nek-tid ]

adjective

1. disjointed; broken.
2. not coherent; seemingly irrational:

   a disconnected argument.

   Synonyms: disjointed, incoherent, rambling, confused

   Antonyms: coherent, logical, cogent

disconnected

/ ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd /

adjective

1. not rationally connected; confused or incoherent
2. not connected or joined

Derived Forms

• ˌdisconˈnectedness, noun
• ˌdisconˈnectedly, adverb

Other Words From

• discon·nected·ly adverb
• discon·nected·ness noun
• undis·con·nected adjective
• undis·con·nected·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of disconnected¹

First recorded in 1775–85; disconnect + -ed ²

Example Sentences

In a key county supervisor race, District 1 in South Bay, Ben Hueso said he was against Proposition 15 and that you would “have to be very disconnected from reality to want to support” it.

From Voice of San Diego

Contracting the disease helped Bolsonaro and Johnson squash the argument that their disconnected approach misfired with bystanders.

From Ozy

Less than a week after he said anyone who supports the ballot measure must be “disconnected from reality,” he has joined their ranks.

From Voice of San Diego

“Right now, you’d have to be very disconnected from reality to want to support a measure that is not going to help businesses recover,” Hueso told KUSI last week.

From Voice of San Diego

Because their messaging can be stodgy and rote, it’s easy for people to feel disconnected and don’t feel the urge to act.

From Fortune

With every family member accessing a different screen in a different room it can feel like we are more disconnected than ever.

From The Daily Beast

NWCAA inspectors did not visit the rail facility until five months after Tesoro had disconnected the problematic pipe.

From The Daily Beast

And the more disconnected we become from the era of the Civil War, the more abstract and plausible the idea of secession becomes.

From The Daily Beast

He wakes and sleeps at intervals that have become disconnected from the flow of night and day.

From The Daily Beast

Best of all I have no laptop, Blackberry or phone, so I begin to feel truly disconnected.

From The Daily Beast

Word for word he translates my utterance, the sentences broken, disconnected, in his inadequate English.

From Project Gutenberg

A connected narrative of our wanderings in this amazing country could hardly be true to its disconnected character.

From Project Gutenberg

He disconnected the string from the bed and arranged it on the window.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides I possessed some disconnected knowledge in history, astronomy, and other mathematical sciences.

From Project Gutenberg

As the German opened the envelop and set aside letter after letter, he talked on in his disconnected way.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• detached
• muddled
• separated
• uncoordinated