Overview of verb disconnect

The verb disconnect has 2 senses

• unplug, disconnect -- (pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable; "unplug the hair dryer after using it")


• disconnect -- (make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten)

Overview of adj disconnected

The adj disconnected has 5 senses

• staccato, disconnected -- ((music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes")


• disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split -- (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")


• abrupt, disconnected -- (marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose")


• disconnected -- (not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is disconnected")


• confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected -- (lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts")