Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disconnected

/ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: dis-con-nect-ed
IPA: /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That is no longer connected.

adj

Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.

adj

Incoherent; disjointed.

adj

That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.

verb

simple past and past participle of disconnect

Example Sentences

"There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone."
"I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world."
"The phone company disconnected my DSL."

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/

Inflected Forms

more disconnected (comparative) most disconnected (superlative)

Derived Forms

disconnectedly disconnectedness undisconnected

Phrases

totally disconnected

Synonyms

deconnected confused disjointed disordered garbled illogical scattered unconnected

Antonyms

connected

Rhymes With

connected selected affected protected rejected unexpected suspected infected reflected respected subjected inspected

Questions

How do you pronounce disconnected?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/.
What does disconnected mean?: That is no longer connected.

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