[dis-kuh-nek-tid] 
| 1. | disjointed; broken. |
| 2. | not coherent; seemingly irrational: a disconnected argument. |
[dis-kuh-nekt] | 1. | to sever or interrupt the connection of or between; detach: They disconnected the telephone. We were disconnected. |
| 2. | to sever or terminate a connection, as of a telephone; hang up: State your business and disconnect. |
| 3. | to withdraw into one's private world: When social pressures become too great, she simply disconnects. |
| 4. | an act or instance of disconnecting, esp. the suspension of telephone or cable TV service for nonpayment of service charges. |
| dis·con·nect (dĭs'kə-někt') v. dis·con·nect·ed, dis·con·nect·ing, dis·con·nects v. tr.
To sever or interrupt a connection. n. (dĭs'kə-někt') A lack of connection; a disparity: "There is a cosmic disconnect between what the voters want and what the party of the corporate interests can give them" (Bob Herbert). dis'con·nec'tion n. |
| dis·con·nect·ed (dĭs'kə-něk'tĭd) adj.
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