adj
Meaning 1
Not connected or joined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The light wouldn't work because the cable was unconnected.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unconnected
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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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N K AH0 N EH1 K T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Confused or disconnected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He talked in an unconnected series of short sentences.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Without connections of family, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
not joined or linked together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: connected
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
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, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
not connected by birth or family
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English connected English unconnected From un- + connected.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: անջատ (anǰat) — not connected or joined
- Armenian: անջատված (anǰatvac) — not connected or joined
- Armenian: չկապակցված (čʻkapakcʻvac) — not connected or joined
- Armenian: չմիացված (čʻmiacʻvac) — not connected or joined
- Bulgarian: несвързан (nesvǎrzan) — not connected or joined
- Catalan: inconnex — not connected or joined
- Catalan: desconnectat — not connected or joined
- French: sans connexion — not connected or joined
- Ancient Greek: ἀσύνδετος (asúndetos) — not connected or joined
- Italian: sconnesso — not connected or joined
- Italian: non collegato — not connected or joined
- Polish: niezwiązany — not connected or joined
- Polish: niepowiązany — not connected or joined
- Portuguese: desconectado — not connected or joined
- Spanish: sin conexión — not connected or joined
- Spanish: inconexo — not connected or joined