Synonyms for unconnected
- adjective
Most common
isolated unrelated disconnected disjointed irrelative unallied
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Separate
separate, unrelated, disconnected, isolated, disjointed, independent, detached, garbled, separated, unattached, extraneous, scattered, distinct, loose, apart, confused, illogical, desultory, remote, alien, disordered, irrelevant
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Not connected or joined.
The light wouldn't work because the cable was unconnected.
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In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- isolated Sami lived on an isolated islands for many months.
- unrelated Most of my sentences are unrelated to anything here.
- disconnected I called Tom, but his number's been disconnected.
- disjointed Tom's speech was convoluted and disjointed and was very hard to follow.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unconnected | steady | |
| isolated | falling | |
| unrelated | steady | |
| disconnected | rising | |
| disjointed | rising | |
| irrelative | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- apart2, loose1, alien3, jerky2
- 6 letters
- remote2
- 7 letters
- garbled2
- 8 letters
- separate3, confused2, distinct2, isolated4, detached2, unallied
- 9 letters
- separated4, scattered2, unrelated4, illogical4, desultory4
- 10 letters
- irrelevant4, disordered3, disjointed3, extraneous4, unattached3, irrelative
- 11 letters
- independent4
- 12 letters
- disconnected4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apart2 = 2 syllables).