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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Ostrover started selling his Commanders stake before the selloff in Blue Owl shares and the divestiture is unconnected to the margin loans, one of the people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“Expensive Basketball” is an encyclopedic romp through hoops history, footnotes strewn throughout like so many perimeter ball screens, threads blissfully unconnected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
The teenager said the matter came to light during a police visit to the school in relation to another unconnected incident on the bus and he reported Robe's actions to the officer.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
“It’s possible that these are all isolated incidents which are completely unconnected, other than the timing of the banks fessing up to them.”
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Some comments amused her, because they were wildly unconnected to the subject of the post.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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