adj ·4 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not connected or joined.

   "The light wouldn't work because the cable was unconnected."

2. 2
   Confused or disconnected.

   "He talked in an unconnected series of short sentences."

3. 3
   Without connections of family, etc.

Adjective

1. 1
   lacking orderly continuity wordnet
2. 2
   not joined or linked together wordnet
3. 3
   not connected by birth or family wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

disconnectedisolatedseparatedunattachedunrelatedabsonant

Antonyms

All antonyms

close-knitcohesiveconnected

Example

More examples

"The possibility that the two events are unconnected is not worth considering."

Etymology

From un- + connected.

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