disconnected

Meanings

• pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
• make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
• (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
• having been divided; having the unity destroyed; -Samuel Lubell; - E.B.White
  • "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"
• marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
• not plugged in or connected to a power source
  • "the iron is disconnected"
• lacking orderly continuity
  • "disconnected fragments of a story"

Synonyms

abrupt, confused, disconnect, disjointed, disordered, disunited, fragmented, garbled, illogical, scattered, split, staccato, unconnected, unplug