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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dis′kə nek′tid)

dis•con•nect•ed /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd/USA pronunciation adj.

(of ideas) disjointed;
not holding together well:a very disconnected essay.
(of a person) not coherent;
seeming to be irrational:The boy has seemed disconnected and strange ever since the incident.

dis•con•nect•ed•ly, adv.
dis•con•nect•ed•ness, n. [noncount]See -nec-.

dis•con•nect•ed (dis′kə nek′tid),USA pronunciation adj.

disjointed;
broken.
not coherent;
seemingly irrational:a disconnected argument.

disconnect + -ed² 1775–85

dis′con•nect′ed•ly, adv.
dis′con•nect′ed•ness,
n

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disconnected /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd/ adj

not rationally connected; confused or incoherent
not connected or joined

dis•con•nect /ˌdɪskəˈnɛkt/USA pronunciation v.

to interrupt the connection of (something) or between (two things):[~ + object]The electricity company disconnected his house. I was talking on the phone and suddenly got disconnected.
to detach; separate:[~ + object + from + object]Disconnect the power source from the computer before opening the back.

dis•con•nec•tion /ˌdɪskəˈnɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]disconnection from reality.[countable]another disconnection before I could talk.[uncountable]See -nec-.

dis•con•nect (dis′kə nekt′),USA pronunciation v.t.

to sever or interrupt the connection of or between;
detach:They disconnected the telephone. We were disconnected.

v.i.

to sever or terminate a connection, as of a telephone;
hang up:State your business and disconnect.
to withdraw into one's private world:When social pressures become too great, she simply disconnects.

an act or instance of disconnecting, esp. the suspension of telephone or cable TV service for nonpayment of service charges.

dis-¹ + connect 1760–70

dis′con•nect′er, n.
dis′con•nec′tive, adj.
dis′con•nec′tive•ness, n.

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disconnect /ˌdɪskəˈnɛkt/ vb

(transitive) to undo or break the connection of or between (something, such as a plug and a socket)

a lack of a connection; disconnection

ˌdisconˈnection, ˌdisconˈnexion n

'disconnected' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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Synonyms: disjointed, loose, irregular, incoherent, incongruous, more...

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