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No longer maintaining contact or communications.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I had been out of touch with my old friend for a long time when she called.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incommunicado, in the dark, out of the loop
Antonyms: in touch
Disconnected or insulated from the everyday experiences and concerns of ordinary people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, idiomatic
Examples
- Near-synonyms: out of the loop; out of one's mind
- The billionaire, who was once a man of the people, grew increasingly out of touch.
- They're so out of touch that all they can do all day is compare yacht sizes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: out of the loop, out of one's mind
Antonyms: in touch, well-grounded, grounded, well-rounded
Old-fashioned, no longer aware of popular culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No longer conversant with crucial basics such as facts, reality, the real world, and sanity; not aware or realistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Near-synonym: out of one's mind
- Did his answer strike you as out of touch with reality?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: out of one's mind
Antonyms: in touch
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
失去聯繫 /失去联系
(shīqù liánxì)
— no longer maintaining contact
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Finnish:
ei yhteydessä
— no longer maintaining contact
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Finnish:
erossa
— no longer maintaining contact
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Polish:
nie w kontakcie
— no longer maintaining contact
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Polish:
nie na bieżąco
— no longer maintaining contact
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Spanish:
perder el contacto
— no longer maintaining contact
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Spanish:
no estar en contacto
— no longer maintaining contact
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Swedish:
tappa kontakten
— no longer maintaining contact
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Swedish:
glida isär
— no longer maintaining contact
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Swedish:
glida ifrån varandra
— no longer maintaining contact
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Chinese Mandarin:
脫節 /脱节
(tuōjié)
— no longer conversant with sth
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Finnish:
irrallaan
— no longer conversant with sth
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Finnish:
tietämätön
— no longer conversant with sth
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Polish:
nie w kontakcie
— no longer conversant with sth
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Spanish:
no estar al tanto
— no longer conversant with sth
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Spanish:
fuera de onda
— no longer conversant with sth
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Spanish:
no estar al corriente
— no longer conversant with sth
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Spanish:
en el limbo
— no longer conversant with sth
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Spanish:
desentendido
— no longer conversant with sth
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Swedish:
aningslös
— no longer conversant with sth
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Swedish:
dåligt påläst
— no longer conversant with sth
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Swedish:
ouppdaterad
— no longer conversant with sth
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Chinese Mandarin:
不食人間煙火 /不食人间烟火
(bù shí rénjiān yānhuǒ)
— out of touch with reality
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Dutch:
wereldvreemd
— out of touch with reality
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Finnish:
irrallaan todellisuudesta
— out of touch with reality
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Finnish:
muissa maailmoissa
— out of touch with reality
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French:
déconnecté
— out of touch with reality
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French:
hors-sol
— out of touch with reality
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German:
realitätsfremd
— out of touch with reality
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German:
realitätsfern
— out of touch with reality
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Greek:
εκτός πραγματικότητας
(ektós pragmatikótitas)
— out of touch with reality
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Icelandic:
utanveltu
— out of touch with reality
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Italian:
fuori dal mondo
— out of touch with reality
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Italian:
fuori dalla realtà
— out of touch with reality
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Polish:
oderwany od rzeczywistości
— out of touch with reality
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Polish:
odklejony
— out of touch with reality
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Spanish:
desfasado
— out of touch with reality
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Spanish:
ajeno a la realidad
— out of touch with reality
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Spanish:
desatinado
— out of touch with reality
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Swedish:
aningslös
— out of touch with reality
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Swedish:
inte ha en susning
— out of touch with reality
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Swedish:
inte ha en aning
— out of touch with reality
