out of touch

Idioms  

1. No longer in contact or communication, as in John and Mark have been out of touch for years, or That speech showed he's out of touch with his constituency. This metaphoric expression alludes to physical contact. [Late 1800s] Also see in touch.

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Example Sentences

The $500,000 family in the New York Times piece is bougie but not entirely out of touch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“I was struck by how out of touch with American politics he was,” Klain told Whipple.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

The youth-led protests were triggered by a brief social media ban, but were fuelled by anger at economic stagnation and an ageing elite seen as out of touch.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

“These tactics — if you call them that — are far and away out of touch with contemporary policing standards.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Like those of us who had formed the Youth League fifteen years before, the founders of the new organization thought the ANC was insufficiently militant, out of touch with the masses, and dominated by non-Africans.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela