unconnected
Americanadjective
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not connected; not joined together or attached.
an unconnected wire.
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lacking coherence.
an unconnected account of the accident.
adjective
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not linked; separate or independent
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disconnected or incoherent
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unconnected
Explanation
Unconnected means not joined or attached to anything. If a teacher says the ideas in your research paper seem unconnected, you’ll have to go back and smooth them out. If you’re unconnected to the Internet, you can’t get online. The word unconnected has many usages. If an island is unconnected to the mainland, there's no bridge. If you feel unconnected to your neighbors, you pass each other like ships in the night. If you can’t get a job because you don’t know anyone, you’re unconnected. Events can be unconnected, too — you might say that your grumpiness is unconnected to the bad grade you got on your math test. The Latin root of unconnected is conectere, "join together."
Example Sentences
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Unconnected entrepreneurs formed the business-building backbone of the United States.
From Forbes • Oct. 17, 2014
In the bargain, it has always been the Unconnected & Innocent People are the greatest sufferers, not to speak of drained billions of dollars and American Boy-Soldiers.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2014
Unconnected, un-kon-ek′ted, adj. not connected, separate: not coherent, rambling, vague: without connections of family, &c.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Unconnected, however loosely, with the high Imperial argument, I do not believe that this plea could have been used with sincerity by Mr. Chamberlain even in 1893.
From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine
Shenstone's "Unconnected Thoughts on the Garden" was published in 1764, and is written pretty much from the standpoint of Kent.
From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.
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