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as in confusing
not clearly or logically connected
a disconnected narrative of her time in a mental hospital
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as in single
not physically attached to another unit
a disconnected computer terminal
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as in divided
to set or force apart
disconnected the two parts of the light fixture
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Recent Examples of disconnected
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Tampon boxes, bathroom mirrors and cereal boxes have become the unlikely messaging boards for a disconnected effort to remind women in the U.S. that their votes are private.
—April Rubin, Axios, 26 Oct. 2024
Claus Jepsen, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
President Biden’s position on the dispute has been reflexively pro-union and disconnected from actual events.
—The Editors, National Review, 3 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Bonding is the story of three disconnected siblings who must confront their personal differences to cover up the murder of a tech millionaire at his remote Colorado ranch.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Tampon boxes, bathroom mirrors and cereal boxes have become the unlikely messaging boards for a disconnected effort to remind women in the U.S. that their votes are private.
—April Rubin, Axios, 26 Oct. 2024
Verb
There’s also the perpetual maintenance costs and the chance your road map might lead you into the wilderness, disconnected from the tech mainstream.
—Claus Jepsen, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
President Biden’s position on the dispute has been reflexively pro-union and disconnected from actual events.
—The Editors, National Review, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnected
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MIRVs were developed during the Cold War to permit the delivery of multiple nuclear warheads with a single launch.Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Investigators found evidence that multiple staff members will spray a single child, causing the child to become physically sick and immobilized.Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Though a human would probably be able to figure out how to escape from a random room, even a highly mobile robot would get confused and waste time looking for doors in nonsensical places like the floors and ceiling.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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The conversation left her confused and gutted — with dozens of questions that could take more than a year to resolve.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
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And last month the board approved a contract for separate legal counsel from the county office — a move that is highly unusual for education offices, Fine said.Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The data given to Cambridge included 20 years of gun owners’ warranty card information as well as a separate database of customers from Cabela’s, a sporting goods retailer with approximately 70 stores in the U.S. and Canada.Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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Students would have sat on the floor rather than at desks and they wouldn’t have been separated by grade and skill level, like today.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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Learning is divided into grades and separated by age and aptitude.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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Kody quickly came to Robyn’s defense, further frustrating Janelle.Liza Esquibias, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Not all of these ideas will pan out, but if any do, the next few years could bring an inflection point in treating some of the most frustrating and intractable diseases of our modern era.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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The families later learned through their teens’ text messages that the two decided to park in the detached garage that the Lees mostly used for storage, Merle explained.Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
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Listed for the first time this year, the 61-acre property includes a sprawling mansion, a greenhouse, and a detached garage with room for up to 20 cars.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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The two take the reins of the company as its corporate parent splits itself in two, keeping the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, the Bravo cable network, theme parks and movie operations in one entity and a passel of cable networks and digital properties in the other.Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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The court recognized and held that the union’s regulations could and did govern the agents’ business entity, a decision which splits from the NFLPA’s regulation of agents.Chris Deubert, Forbes, 19 Nov. 2024
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In Visconti’s world, these things are not unconnected.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024
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In fact, this appears to be a movie entirely unconnected from any reality yet discovered.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Disconnected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnected. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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