[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

disconnect \dis`connect"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. disconnected;
   p. pr.  vb. n. disconnecting.
   to dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to
   sever; to separate; to disperse.
   1913 webster

         the commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected
         into the dust and powder of individuality. --burke.
   1913 webster

         this restriction disconnects bank paper and the
         precious metals.                         --walsh.
   1913 webster
see also:
disconnected disconnecting 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

disconnected \disconnected\ adj.
   1. marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds.
      narrower terms: staccato vs. legato

   syn: abrupt, broken offpredicate.
        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 linepredicate; 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
see also:
staccato vs. legato off-line vs. on-line, offline, off linepredicate unplugged continuous connected 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

disconnected
     adj 1: marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut
            short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato
            command"; "staccato notes" syn: staccato ant: legato
     2: having been divided; having the unity destroyed;
        "congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of
        disconnected local forces"-samuel lubell; "a league of
        disunited nations"- e.b.white; "a fragmented coalition";
        "a split group" syn: disunited, fragmented, split
     3: marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions;
        "abrupt prose" syn: abrupt
     4: not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is
        disconnected"
     5: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of
        instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the
        world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered
        thoughts" syn: confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled,
         illogical, scattered, unconnected
see also:
staccato legato disunited fragmented split abrupt 
confused disjointed disordered garbled illogical 
scattered unconnected 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

139 moby thesaurus words for "disconnected":
   alien, alienated, aloof, apart, broken, broken off, capricious,
   careening, catchy, chopped-off, choppy, confused, decousu,
   desultory, detached, deviative, disarticulated, discontinued,
   discontinuous, discrete, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint,
   disjointed, disjunct, disjunctive, dislocated, disordered,
   dispersed, disrelated, dissociated, disunited, divided, divorced,
   eccentric, episodic, erratic, estranged, exotic, flickering,
   fluctuating, foreign, gapped, garbled, guttering, halting,
   herky-jerky, heteroclite, illogical, immethodical, inchoate,
   incoherent, incommensurable, incomparable, inconsistent,
   inconstant, independent, insular, intermittent, intermitting,
   interrupted, irrational, irregular, irrelative, isolated, jagged,
   jerky, lurching, mixed-up, muddled, nonadherent, nonadhesive,
   noncoherent, noncohesive, noncontinuous, nonlinear, nonsequential,
   nonserial, nonuniform, open, other, outlandish, parenthetic,
   patchy, rambling, random, removed, rough, scattered, scrappy,
   segregate, segregated, separate, separated, sequestered, shut off,
   snatchy, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spastic, split, sporadic,
   spotty, staggering, strange, suspended, tenuous, unadhesive,
   unaffiliated, unallied, unassociated, unattached, uncertain,
   uncoherent, uncohesive, unconnected, unequal, uneven,
   unintelligible, unjoined, unmethodical, unmetrical, unorganized,
   unregular, unrelatable, unrelated, unrhythmical, unsettled,
   unsteady, unsuccessive, unsystematic, untenacious, variable,
   veering, wandering, wavering, wobbling, wobbly

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