unconnected

[ uhn-kuh-nek-tid ]

/ ˌʌn kəˈnɛk tɪd /

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adjective

not connected; not joined together or attached: an unconnected wire.

lacking coherence:an unconnected account of the accident.

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Origin of unconnected

First recorded in 1730–40; un-¹ + connected

OTHER WORDS FROM unconnected

un·con·nect·ed·ly, adverbun·con·nect·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby unconnected

unconfined, unconfirmed, unconformable, unconformity, uncongenial, unconnected, unconquerable, unconscionable, unconscious, unconsciously, unconsciousness

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How to use unconnected in a sentence

“Residents unconnected to the crime or service call that a drone was launched to respond to could be captured in the footage, too, for anyone who requests it to view,” writes Sofía Mejías Pascoe in a new story.
Morning Report: Who Gets to View Police Drone Footage?|Voice of San Diego|May 5, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Residents unconnected to the crime or service call that a drone was launched to respond to could be captured in the footage, too, for anyone who requests it to view.
Police Drone Footage Is Off Limits – Unless This Legal Challenge Takes Flight|Sofía Mejías Pascoe|May 5, 2021|Voice of San Diego
It’s likely that the entire incident would have gone unnoticed if not for another unconnected event — Faulconer’s decision in 2019 to fold the city’s Office of Homeland Security into SDPD.
San Diego Held Back Materials Sought by Congress on Facial Recognition|Jesse Marx|May 3, 2021|Voice of San Diego
In the US, most patient records—test results, immunization information, hospital records—are scattered across many unconnected databases.
The CDC’s $1.75 billion sequencing boom may be throwing money at the wrong problem|Cat Ferguson|April 5, 2021|MIT Technology Review

The same day, officials in South Carolina announced that two unconnected people with no history of travel had contracted the South Africa variant.
One-shot COVID-19 vaccine is effective against severe disease|Tina Hesman Saey|January 29, 2021|Science News
French officials were already on edge after a series of apparently unconnected attacks, including the stabbing of police officers.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“There is a lot of infusion of different medias, which before was completely unconnected to the art world,” Emilia says.
Inside the Kabokovs' ‘Strange City’|Anthony Haden-Guest|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Saying that Kynect is unconnected with the ACA or its repeal is just mind-numbingly false.
Mitch McConnell’s Big Obamacare-Kynect Lie|Michael Tomasky|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And some in the dock with the journalists are students unconnected to the network.
Al Jazeera Journalists Are On Trial in Egypt for Doing Their Jobs|Jesse Rosenfeld|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her favorite conceit is to weave unconnected news snippets into over-the-top fantasy sequences—some set in the future!
Sarah Palin Serves Up a Healthy Serving of Venom in Her Christmas Book|Michelle Cottle|November 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet the word is general and apparently unconnected with the house, as it was not a stable but a boarding-house.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
It is sometimes asked, cannot “Analysis” cement together unconnected “Extremes”?
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
This splendid man was innocent as a child of all worldly affairs unconnected with the sea.
The Chequers|James Runciman
Tall furnace chimneys should stand as separate constructions, unconnected with other buildings.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Regattas are held at various points on the river, and there are, in addition, local regattas unconnected with clubs.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.

British Dictionary definitions for unconnected

unconnected

/ (ˌʌnkəˈnɛktɪd) /

adjective

not linked; separate or independent

disconnected or incoherent

Derived forms of unconnected

unconnectedly, adverbunconnectedness, noun

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