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# disconnected

«disconnected» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not connected or plugged in; cut off from a power supply…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (disconnected; more disconnected); also the past form of disconnect

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not connected or plugged in; cut off from a power supply or network. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/#m1)

2) (of ideas or speech) Not following on clearly; jumbled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/#m2)

3) Feeling cut off from other people, lonely or not belonging. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a disconnected phone or computer cannot be used; «You've been disconnected» appears when the internet drops. In English lessons, disconnected sentences need linking words to make writing flow. In wellbeing lessons, feeling disconnected from friends is a reason to talk to someone. Phrases: «disconnected from», «feel disconnected», «disconnected thoughts».

### examples

- The phone was disconnected, so nobody answered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/#x1)
- Check that the plug isn't disconnected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/#x2)
- His story was a string of disconnected events. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/#x3)
- After moving school, she felt disconnected from her old friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/#x4)
- The game stopped because I got disconnected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/#x5)
- Use linking words so your paragraphs don't seem disconnected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/#x6)

### note

Past form and adjective of «disconnect». In a circuit diagram, a disconnected wire means an open circuit and the bulb will not light.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disconnected» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnected/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.