disconnected
- disjointed; broken.
- not coherent; seemingly irrational: a disconnected argument.
Origin of disconnected
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disconnect
- to sever or interrupt the connection of or between; detach: They disconnected the telephone. We were disconnected.
- to sever or terminate a connection, as of a telephone; hang up: State your business and disconnect.
- to withdraw into one's private world: When social pressures become too great, she simply disconnects.
- an act or instance of disconnecting, especially the suspension of telephone or cable TV service for nonpayment of service charges.
- a lack of communication or agreement: There is a huge disconnect between management and employees.
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separated, detached, uncoordinated, muddled, disordered, rambling, disjointed, loose, interrupted, broken, wandering, jumbled, garbled, illogical, inchoate, incoherent, irrational, irregular, mixed-up, unintelligibleExamples from the Web for disconnected
Contemporary Examples of disconnected
NWCAA inspectors did not visit the rail facility until five months after Tesoro had disconnected the problematic pipe.
On January 24, 2014, Mrs. Munoz was disconnected from artificial support and her remains were released to her family.
MK Moti Yogev (Habayit Hayehudi) continued the thought, saying, "Two nations for two peoples is disconnected from reality."
Especially against the nominee of a dysfunctional, disconnected GOP.
The rap on Wall Street and the big banks is that they are disconnected from the Main Street economy.
Historical Examples of disconnected
And Simon again sunk into his own dim and disconnected reveries.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
But these were only the disconnected parts of a merry-go-round.
Pee-wee HarrisPercy Keese Fitzhugh
Again Jean, in stammering, disconnected sentences, besought him to be quiet.
The DownfallEmile Zola
Fragments of his life formed the subject of the words, incoherent and disconnected.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
He had a look of intense excitement, and his speaking was abrupt and disconnected.
The ChristianHall Caine
disconnected
- not rationally connected; confused or incoherent
- not connected or joined
disconnect
- (tr) to undo or break the connection of or between (something, such as a plug and a socket)
- a lack of a connection; disconnectiona disconnect between political discourse and the public