verb
- Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable.
- usage: "unplug the hair dryer after using it"
- synonyms: unplug, disconnect
- Make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten.
- synonyms: disconnect
adjective
- Music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply. (
- usage: "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes"
- synonyms: staccato
- Having been divided; having the unity destroyed.
- usage: "Congress... Gave the impression of... A confusing sum of disconnected local forces-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations- E. B. White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"
- synonyms: disunited, fragmented, split
- Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions.
- usage: "abrupt prose"
- synonyms: abrupt
- Not plugged in or connected to a power source.
- usage: "the iron is disconnected"
- Lacking orderly continuity.
- usage: "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
- synonyms: confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
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