isolated
adjective
separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary.
semi-isolated
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a word derived from
isolated.
Example Sentences
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In Africatown, a semi-isolated clutch of cottages three miles north of downtown Mobile, the news carried a particular kind of heft.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2019
The combination of deployments, erratic schedules, and frequent relocations to semi-isolated military bases makes it so the career of one member—nearly always the father or husband—affects every aspect of his family’s life.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2016
In the cold war Finland was a semi-isolated buffer state between East and West.
From Economist ● Mar. 27, 2013
In the second study, several members of a semi-isolated chimp community in the West African nation of Guinea died from a flulike respiratory illness.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2010
The known population nearest to Harding County is on the Black Hills to the south; next nearest are several isolated or semi-isolated populations along the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana.
From Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota by Kenneth W. Andersen
