isolated

What it means

1. Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

   an isolated tree in the mountains

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   Antarctica, like outer-space, is known as an ICE environment – isolated, confined and extreme – meaning unlike other isolated communities, the rate of change for its vocabulary can be slower.

   2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2024

2. Happening or occurring only once.

   isolated case

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   an isolated occurrence

   And while one isolated act of kindness may seem random, it can lead to much more.

   2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2025

3. board gamesSuch that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.

In a sentence

an isolated tree in the mountains

Where it comes from

1. Frenchisolé
2. Englishisolated

A rendering into English of French isolé.