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disconnected

[dis-kuh-nek-tid]

dis·con·nect·ed

[dis-kuh-nek-tid]
adjective
1.
disjointed; broken.
2.
not coherent; seemingly irrational: a disconnected argument.

Origin:
1775–85; disconnect + -ed2

dis·con·nect·ed·ly, adverb
dis·con·nect·ed·ness, noun
un·dis·con·nect·ed, adjective
un·dis·con·nect·ed·ly, adverb


2. confused, rambling, incoherent, disjointed.


2. cogent, logical, coherent.

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Disconnected is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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dis·con·nect

[dis-kuh-nekt]
verb (used with object)
1.
to sever or interrupt the connection of or between; detach: They disconnected the telephone. We were disconnected.
verb (used without object)
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.
noun
4.
an act or instance of disconnecting, especially the suspension of telephone or cable TV service for nonpayment of service charges.

Origin:
1760–70; dis-1 + connect

dis·con·nect·er, noun
dis·con·nec·tive, adjective
dis·con·nec·tive·ness, noun
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disconnected (ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd)
 
adj
1.  not rationally connected; confused or incoherent
2.  not connected or joined
 
discon'nectedly
 
adv
 
discon'nectedness
 
n

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