unconnected

adjective

un·​con·​nect·​ed ˌən-kə-ˈnek-təd How to pronounce unconnected (audio)
: not joined, linked together, or related : not connected
two unconnected plots of land
unconnected events

Examples of unconnected in a Sentence

a delirious inmate whose unconnected ramblings frustrated the staff the unconnected houses in the private development have common areas and share certain facilities
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That just feels like a completely separate situation on a completely separate movie that’s totally unconnected. Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2025 Around the same time, a team unconnected to Assadi posted their own result that reduced the edge coloring time to the order of m times the cube root of n (opens a new tab). Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 12 May 2025 However, some legacy banks remain unconnected to universal providers, forcing clients to manually download and upload bank statements. Peter Potapov, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 Hegseth arrived for a visit Tuesday, though officials said the visit was unconnected to the purge, The Associated Press reported. Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unconnected

Word History

First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unconnected was in 1736

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“Unconnected.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconnected. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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