Disconnected
WordNet
adjective
(1) Lacking orderly continuity
"A confused set of instructions"
"A confused dream about the end of the world"
"Disconnected fragments of a story"
"Scattered thoughts"
(2) Not plugged in or connected to a power source
"The iron is disconnected"
(3) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
"Staccato applause"
"A staccato command"
"Staccato notes"
(4) Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
"Abrupt prose"
(5) Having been divided; having the unity destroyed
"Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell
"A league of disunited nations"- E.B.White
"A fragmented coalition"
"A split group"
WiktionaryText
Verb
disconnected
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- The phone company disconnected my DSL.
Adjective
- 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.
- That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.