siloed

American  

[sahy-lohd] / ˈsaɪ loʊd /

adjective

1. put into or preserved in a silo, a tall, cylindrical structure for storing grain, animal feed, etc..

   After the siloed feed had cured and settled, we found that we had 81 tons.

2. (of a group, unit, enterprise, etc.) separated or isolated from others, and typically viewed as not deriving the benefits of interrelationships or collaboration.

   Our coalition seeks to develop partnerships across the traditionally siloed sectors of criminal justice, healthcare, and social services.

3. Computers. relating to or being data in a repository that is inaccessible to other systems, subsystems, or applications.

   The shift from siloed data to cloud storage opens up greater possibilities for sharing data across a wide range of stakeholders and researchers.

4. Military. (of a ballistic missile and its firing equipment) placed or stored in a specially designed underground installation made of concrete and steel.

   Hope for survival was based on striking first and thereby gaining an advantage by reducing the enemy’s siloed missiles.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of silo.

Etymology

Origin of siloed

First recorded in 1880–85; 2000–05 siloed for def. 3; 1980–85 siloed for def. 4; silo ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; silo ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

“Now we’re all siloed,” which means that it’s rare for any track to achieve cultural saturation.

From The Wall Street Journal

He argues that healthcare remains maddeningly stuck at Step 2, as practitioners struggle to connect siloed information.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the biggest difficulty for that is people have siloed in the information that they get in the news they see and hear, so now that there are a bunch of Americans who don’t actually have any idea this is going on.

From Salon

Now, obviously these factors are not siloed.

From MarketWatch

She said the changes might be more subtle and gradual, depending on if the narrower data inputs of the "siloed" US version can match the app's global reach.

From BBC