disconnected

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UK/ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/

adjective

That is no longer connected.

“There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.”

Similar
deconnectedstaccatoabruptdisunitedfragmentedsplitdividedoff
Opposite
connected
Less commonScrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectivedisconnected (comparative more disconnected, superlative most disconnected)

comparative more disconnected · superlative most disconnected

  1. That is no longer connected.

    There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.

    Synonyms: deconnected · Antonyms: connected

  2. Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.

    I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.

  3. Incoherent; disjointed.
  4. mathematicsThat can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of disconnect

    The phone company disconnected my DSL.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveThat is no longer connected.

Similar
deconnected
Opposite
connected

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply

Similar
staccatoabrupt

adjectivehaving been divided; having the unity destroyed

Similar
disunitedfragmentedsplitdivided

adjectivemarked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

Similar
abruptstaccato

adjectivenot plugged in or connected to a power source

Similar
off

adjectivelacking orderly continuity

Similar
confuseddisjointeddisorderedgarbledillogicalscatteredunconnectedincoherent
Also see
abruptconfuseddeconnecteddesultorydisjointeddisordereddisunitedfragmentedgarbledillogicalincoherentoffremotescatteredscrappysplitstaccatounconnected

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian откъснат, изключен
  • откъснат (otkăsnat)that is no longer connected
  • изключен (izključen)that is no longer connected
  • несвързан (nesvărzan)feeling a lack of empathy or association with something
Dutch onsamenhangend
  • onsamenhangendmath: not connected
Finnish irtikytketty, irrotettu
  • irtikytkettythat is no longer connected
  • irrotettuthat is no longer connected
  • irronnutthat is no longer connected
  • etäinenfeeling a lack of empathy or association with something
French déconnecté
  • déconnectéthat is no longer connected
Hebrew מנותק \ מְנֻתָּק
  • מנותק \ מְנֻתָּק (m'nuták)that is no longer connected
Hindi असंबद्ध, अजोड़
  • असंबद्ध (asambaddh)that is no longer connected
  • अजोड़ (ajoṛ)that is no longer connected
  • अयुक्त (ayukt)that is no longer connected
  • निरन्वय (niranvay)that is no longer connected
  • विलग (vilag)that is no longer connected
  • अलग (alag)that is no longer connected
  • अनमेल (anmel)that is no longer connected
Italian sconnesso
  • sconnessomath: not connected
Māori tupurangi, nakunaku
  • tupurangithat is no longer connected
  • nakunakuthat is no longer connected
Polish odłączony, oddalony
  • odłączonythat is no longer connected
  • oddalonyfeeling a lack of empathy or association with something
  • niespójnymath: not connected
Romanian deconectat, decuplat
  • deconectatthat is no longer connected
  • decuplatthat is no longer connected
Spanish desconectado
  • desconectadothat is no longer connected
Cite this entry
APA

disconnected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disconnected

MLA

“disconnected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disconnected. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disconnected,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disconnected.

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