disconnecteddis‧con‧nect‧ed /ˌdɪskəˈnektɪd◂/ adjective 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- That washing machine doesn't work. It's been disconnected.
- The plot is disconnected and unbelievable.
- When the power was disconnected, he carefully removed the back of the computer.
- I know I have been reduced to a babble of disconnected comments, which don't really say much.
- Is knowledge lost from memory or does it change, becoming vague and imprecise, or distorted, or disconnected and fragmented?
- It's easier, though, to remember a meaningful sentence or phrase of six words than to remember six disconnected words.
Longman Language Activatorwhen something is switched off► off
Word family if something is off , someone has switched it off to make it stop working - use this about lights, machines, and other things that use electricity, gas, or water: · Is the cooker off? I can smell gas.· I don't think anyone's at home. All the lights are off.
► be switched off use this about things that use electricity, for example, machines, computers, or heating equipment: · Do you mean the alarm was switched off all night?· He didn't realize the microphone was switched off.
► be turned off use this about lights or machines, or about the electricity, gas, or water supply: · Make sure everything's turned off before you leave the house.· The machine is only turned off for a few minutes at a time.
► out if a light is out , it is not shining because it has been switched off or because there is no electricity: · She must have left the office as her light is out.· All the lights in the house were out.
► disconnected a machine, telephone, water supply etc that is disconnected has had its power supply, water supply, gas supply etc completely removed so that it cannot be used: · That washing machine doesn't work. It's been disconnected.· When the power was disconnected, he carefully removed the back of the computer.
► off the hook a telephone that is off the hook has not been put back correctly or has been arranged so you cannot receive any calls: · I've been trying to call her for about half an hour. I think her phone must be off the hook.take the phone off the hook: · I locked the door and took the phone off the hook so no one could disturb me.
to end a telephone call► hang up to finish a telephone conversation or stop it before it has finished by putting down the receiver (=the part of a telephone you speak into): · If a caller is rude, just hang up.hang up the phone/receiver: · I said I'd be right there. I hung up the phone and grabbed my purse and car keys.hang up on somebody (=put the telephone down while someone is still talking): · Mitchell was furious and hung up on him.
► put the phone down especially British to put down the receiver (=the part of a telephone you speak into) after you have finished talking to someone: · There was a long pause, and she was about to put the phone down when the voice came back again.
► slam the phone down/slam down the phone to put the telephone down while someone is still speaking to you, because you are angry: · Call her. The worst thing she could do is slam down the phone.slam the phone down/slam down the phone on: · He tried to talk to her, but she slammed the phone down on him.
► get cut off/get disconnected if you get cut off or get disconnected when you are making a telephone call, the telephone suddenly stops working in the middle of your conversation and you cannot continue: · We got cut off in the middle of the conversation.· I don't know what happened, we just got disconnected.
► ring off British to end a telephone call: · I suppose I'd better ring off now -- we've been on the phone for over an hour.
WORD FAMILYnounconnectionconnectednessconnectoradjectiveconnected ≠ disconnected ≠ unconnectedverbconnect ≠ disconnect
disconnected thoughts or ideas do not seem to be related to each other SYN unrelated