unconnected

/ˈʌnkəˌnɛktəd/

Other forms: unconnectedly

Unconnected means not joined or attached to anything. If a teacher says the ideas in your research paper seem unconnected, you’ll have to go back and smooth them out. If you’re unconnected to the Internet, you can’t get online.

The word unconnected has many usages. If an island is unconnected to the mainland, there's no bridge. If you feel unconnected to your neighbors, you pass each other like ships in the night. If you can’t get a job because you don’t know anyone, you’re unconnected. Events can be unconnected, too — you might say that your grumpiness is unconnected to the bad grade you got on your math test. The Latin root of unconnected is conectere, "join together."

Definitions of unconnected

1. adjective

   not joined or linked together
   synonyms:

   apart, isolated, obscure

   remote and separate physically or socially

   asternal

   not connected to the sternum or breastbone

   detached, separated

   no longer connected or joined

   disjoined, separate

   have the connection undone; having become separate

   exploded

   showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another

   unattached

   not fastened together

   uncoupled

   having the coupling undone

   unrelated

   lacking a logical or causal relation

   antonyms:

   connected

   joined or linked together

   adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring

   having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

   adjunctive

   joining; forming an adjunct

   affined

   closely related

   conterminous, contiguous

   connecting without a break; within a common boundary

   coupled, joined, linked

   connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks

   engaged

   built against or attached to a wall

   well-connected

   connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position
2. adjective

   lacking orderly continuity
   synonyms: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered

   incoherent

   without logical or meaningful connection
3. adjective

   not connected by birth or family
   synonyms:

   unrelated

   not connected by kinship