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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  disconnected \disconnected\ adj.
     1. marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds.
        [Narrower terms: staccato (vs. legato)]
  
     Syn: abrupt, broken off(predicate).
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. not switched on or not connected to a power source; -- of
        electrical equipment. [Narrower terms: off-line (vs.
        on-line), offline, off line(predicate); unplugged]
  
     Syn: not ready, off.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     3. noncontinuous; not continuing in time or space. Opposite
        of continuous.
  
     Syn: disrupted, discontinuous.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     4. unconnected, detached. Opposite of connected.
  
     Syn: disjoined, separate.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     5. lacking orderly continuity; illogical or seemingly
        irrational; as, disconnected fragments of a story.
  
     Syn: confused, disjointed, disordered, disorganized,
          desultory, garbled, illogical, rambling, scattered,
          unconnected.
          [WordNet 1.5]

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