disconnected

/ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/

adj 4

Collocations

ADJ.

all, last, living, twisted

VERB + DISCONNECTED

call, feel, feeling, felt, got, like, phone, thought

DISCONNECTED + NOUN

cables, everyone, everything, himself, linda, people, week, wife

PREP.

from, on

ADV.

already, entirely, increasingly

Definitions

adj

That is no longer connected.

There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.

Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.

I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.

Incoherent; disjointed.

That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — lacking orderly continuity

adjective — (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sound

staccato

adjective — marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

abrupt

adjective — having been divided

disunited
fragmented
split

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.

Wiktionary

I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.

Wiktionary

Oh, I was disconnected.

Tatoeba · #72146

Reputations are volatile. Loyalties are fickle. Management teams are increasingly disconnected from their staff.

Tatoeba · #1944744

We were disconnected.

Tatoeba · #2241483

I called Tom, but his number's been disconnected.

Tatoeba · #2300085

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