disconnected

Verb

• pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
• make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
• simple past and past participle of disconnect

Adjective

• (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply

Adjective Satellite

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed; -Samuel Lubell; - E.B.White
  • "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"
• marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
• not plugged in or connected to a power source
  • "the iron is disconnected"
• lacking orderly continuity
  • "disconnected fragments of a story"

Adj

• That is no longer connected.
• Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
• Incoherent; disjointed.
• That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.

Examples

• I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.
• The phone company disconnected my DSL.
• There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.

Synonyms

abrupt, confused, disconnect, disjointed, disordered, disunited, fragmented, garbled, illogical, scattered, split, staccato, unconnected, unplug

Antonyms

connect, legato, plug in, connected

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