adj
Meaning 1
That is no longer connected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deconnected
Antonyms: connected
Standard Lemma guide
disconnected
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/
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CMU ARPABET: D IH2 S K AH0 N EH1 K T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Incoherent; disjointed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of disconnect
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- The phone company disconnected my DSL.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- staccato applause
- a staccato command
- staccato notes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: staccato
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
lacking orderly continuity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a confused set of instructions
- a confused dream about the end of the world
- disconnected fragments of a story
- scattered thoughts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
not plugged in or connected to a power source
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the iron is disconnected
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- abrupt prose
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abrupt
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
having been divided; having the unity destroyed-Samuel Lubell- E.B.White
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces
- a league of disunited nations
- a fragmented coalition
- a split group
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disunited, fragmented, split
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: откъснат (otkǎsnat) — that is no longer connected
- Bulgarian: изключен (izključen) — that is no longer connected
- Finnish: irtikytketty — that is no longer connected
- Finnish: irrotettu — that is no longer connected
- Finnish: irronnut — that is no longer connected
- French: déconnecté — that is no longer connected
- Hebrew: מנותק \ מְנֻתָּק (m'nuták) — that is no longer connected
- Hindi: असंबद्ध (asambaddh) — that is no longer connected
- Hindi: अजोड़ (ajoṛ) — that is no longer connected
- Hindi: अयुक्त (ayukt) — that is no longer connected
- Hindi: निरन्वय (niranvay) — that is no longer connected
- Hindi: विलग (vilag) — that is no longer connected
- Hindi: अलग (alag) — that is no longer connected
- Hindi: अनमेल (anmel) — that is no longer connected
- Māori: tupurangi — that is no longer connected
- Māori: nakunaku — that is no longer connected
- Polish: odłączony — that is no longer connected
- Romanian: deconectat — that is no longer connected
- Romanian: decuplat — that is no longer connected
- Spanish: desconectado — that is no longer connected
- Bulgarian: несвързан (nesvǎrzan) — feeling a lack of empathy or association with something
- Finnish: etäinen — feeling a lack of empathy or association with something
- Polish: oddalony — feeling a lack of empathy or association with something
- Dutch: onsamenhangend — math: not connected
- Italian: sconnesso — math: not connected
- Polish: niespójny — math: not connected
Real reading context