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Disconnected   /dˌɪskənˈɛktɪd/   Listen
verb
Disconnect  v. t.  (past & past part. disconnected; pres. part. disconnecting)  To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. "The commonwealth itself would... be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality." "This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals."



adjective
disconnected  adj.  
1.
Marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds. (Narrower terms: staccato (vs. legato))
Synonyms: abrupt, broken off(predicate).
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)
Synonyms: not ready, off.
3.
Noncontinuous; not continuing in time or space. Opposite of continuous.
Synonyms: disrupted, discontinuous.
4.
Unconnected, detached. Opposite of connected.
Synonyms: disjoined, separate.
5.
Lacking orderly continuity; illogical or seemingly irrational; as, disconnected fragments of a story.
Synonyms: confused, disjointed, disordered, disorganized, desultory, garbled, illogical, rambling, scattered, unconnected.






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"Disconnected" Quotes from Famous Books



... Nicolo, Matteo, and Marco Polo, she bestowed on them great marks of favour. It was probably during Marco Polo's residence in Persia that he collected some curious documents upon Turkey in Asia; they are disconnected pieces, which he gives at the close of his narrative, and they form a genuine history of the Mongol Khans of Persia. His travels for exploration were at an end, and after taking leave of the Tartar princess, the three Venetians well escorted, and with all expenses paid, set out on ...
— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part I. The Exploration of the World • Jules Verne

... occurred to my mind while thinking, as I do, day and night on your canvass, not with the expectation that you would learn anything new from it, but that the considerations on a subject, which appeared to be disconnected and without system, might be brought under one ...
— The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 - The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order • Marcus Tullius Cicero

... asserted that Gordon was very hard on the clergy, and that he did not believe in a divinely appointed order of ministry. This has probably arisen from certain statements of his that have appeared in a disconnected form. Take the following passages from letters written at different periods of ...
— General Gordon - A Christian Hero • Seton Churchill

... moved into the gap. It was a reinforcement of the centre, but it was also a movement which tended to disorganize the Rebel lines. Gibson became separated from his division commands, and the regiments from Polk's corps became disconnected from their brigades, but General Bragg directed them to ...
— My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field • Charles Carleton Coffin

... rapture. 2. Ax'i-om, a self-evident truth. 3. Pal'pi-tat-ing, throbbing, fluttering. Wells, pours, flows. Gy-ra'tions, circular or spiral motions. 4. Af—fla'tus, breath, inspiration. Un'du-la-ting, rising and falling like waves. Rhap'so-dy, that which is uttered in a disconnected way under strong excitement. Gen-er-a'tion, the mass of beings at one period. 5. Met'ric-al, arranged in measures, as poetry and music. Roof 'tree, the beam in the angle of a roof, hence the roof itself. Ham'let, a ...
— McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey


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