isolated
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- isolatedly adverb
- semi-isolated adjective
Etymology
Origin of isolated
First recorded in 1755–65; equivalent to French isol(é) (from Italian; isolato ) + -ate 1 + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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They were witness to humanity’s swift decline into a more isolated, cruel and selfish species.
From Salon
She recalls how isolated she felt - and how difficult she found it to talk to a lot of non-Jewish students about the way she felt about the attacks in Israel and the war that followed.
From BBC
Because the plant is rare and restricted to highly specific habitats that are increasingly threatened by human activity, most research has been limited to isolated populations.
From Science Daily
Instead, moving downward through Titan's icy shell would likely reveal additional layers of ice that gradually transition into slushy pathways and isolated pockets of liquid water closer to the moon's rocky interior.
From Science Daily
Administrators viewed the harassment at Croatan High School as isolated incidents because there were many different perpetrators, records show.
From Salon
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