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disconnected

/ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/

verb

Meaning

  • To sever or interrupt a connection.

  • Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.

  • To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.

adjective

Meaning

  • 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."

  • Incoherent; disjointed.

  • (of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.