'Disconnected' definitions:
Definition of 'disconnected'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes" [syn: staccato, disconnected] [ant: legato, smooth]
adjective
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" [syn: disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split]
adjective
Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose" [syn: abrupt, disconnected]
adjective
Not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is disconnected"
adjective
Lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" [syn: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected]
Definition of 'Disconnected'
From: GCIDE
- Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconnected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconnecting.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. [1913 Webster]
- The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. --Walsh. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'disconnected'
From: GCIDE
- disconnected \disconnected\ adj.
- 1. marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds. [Narrower terms: staccato (vs. legato)]
- Syn: abrupt, broken off(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. not switched on or not connected to a power source; -- of electrical equipment. [Narrower terms: {off-line (vs. on-line), offline, off line(predicate)}; unplugged]
- Syn: not ready, off. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 3. noncontinuous; not continuing in time or space. Opposite of continuous.
- Syn: disrupted, discontinuous. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 4. unconnected, detached. Opposite of connected.
- Syn: disjoined, separate. [WordNet 1.5]
- 5. lacking orderly continuity; illogical or seemingly irrational; as, disconnected fragments of a story.
- Syn: confused, disjointed, disordered, disorganized, desultory, garbled, illogical, rambling, scattered, unconnected. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'disconnected'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alien,
- alienated,
- aloof,
- apart,
- broken,
- broken off,
- capricious,
- careening,
- catchy,
- chopped-off,
- choppy,
- confused,
- decousu,
- desultory,
- detached,
- deviative,
- disarticulated,
- discontinued,
- discontinuous,
- discrete,
- disengaged,
- disjoined,
- disjoint,
- disjointed,
- disjunct,
- disjunctive,
- dislocated,
- disordered,
- dispersed,
- disrelated,
- dissociated,
- disunited,
- divided,
- divorced,
- eccentric,
- episodic,
- erratic,
- estranged,
- exotic,
- flickering,
- fluctuating,
- foreign,
- gapped,
- garbled,
- guttering,
- halting,
- herky-jerky,
- heteroclite,
- illogical,
- immethodical,
- inchoate,
- incoherent,
- incommensurable,
- incomparable,
- inconsistent,
- inconstant,
- independent,
- insular,
- intermittent,
- intermitting,
- interrupted,
- irrational,
- irregular,
- irrelative,
- isolated,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- lurching,
- mixed-up,
- muddled,
- nonadherent,
- nonadhesive,
- noncoherent,
- noncohesive,
- noncontinuous,
- nonlinear,
- nonsequential,
- nonserial,
- nonuniform,
- open,
- other,
- outlandish,
- parenthetic,
- patchy,
- rambling,
- random,
- removed,
- rough,
- scattered,
- scrappy,
- segregate,
- segregated,
- separate,
- separated,
- sequestered,
- shut off,
- snatchy,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- spastic,
- split,
- sporadic,
- spotty,
- staggering,
- strange,
- suspended,
- tenuous,
- unadhesive,
- unaffiliated,
- unallied,
- unassociated,
- unattached,
- uncertain,
- uncoherent,
- uncohesive,
- unconnected,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unintelligible,
- unjoined,
- unmethodical,
- unmetrical,
- unorganized,
- unregular,
- unrelatable,
- unrelated,
- unrhythmical,
- unsettled,
- unsteady,
- unsuccessive,
- unsystematic,
- untenacious,
- variable,
- veering,
- wandering,
- wavering,
- wobbling,
- wobbly