unconnected

[ uhn-kuh-nek-tid ]

adjective

1. not connected; connected; not joined together or attached:

   an unconnected wire.

2. lacking coherence:

   an unconnected account of the accident.

unconnected

/ ˌʌnkəˈnɛktɪd /

adjective

1. not linked; separate or independent
2. disconnected or incoherent

Derived Forms

• ˌunconˈnectedly, adverb
• ˌunconˈnectedness, noun

Other Words From

• uncon·nected·ly adverb
• uncon·nected·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unconnected¹

First recorded in 1730–40; un- ¹ + connected

Example Sentences

“Residents unconnected to the crime or service call that a drone was launched to respond to could be captured in the footage, too, for anyone who requests it to view,” writes Sofía Mejías Pascoe in a new story.

From Voice of San Diego

Residents unconnected to the crime or service call that a drone was launched to respond to could be captured in the footage, too, for anyone who requests it to view.

From Voice of San Diego

It’s likely that the entire incident would have gone unnoticed if not for another unconnected event — Faulconer’s decision in 2019 to fold the city’s Office of Homeland Security into SDPD.

From Voice of San Diego

In the US, most patient records—test results, immunization information, hospital records—are scattered across many unconnected databases.

From MIT Technology Review

The same day, officials in South Carolina announced that two unconnected people with no history of travel had contracted the South Africa variant.

From Science News

French officials were already on edge after a series of apparently unconnected attacks, including the stabbing of police officers.

From The Daily Beast

“There is a lot of infusion of different medias, which before was completely unconnected to the art world,” Emilia says.

From The Daily Beast

Saying that Kynect is unconnected with the ACA or its repeal is just mind-numbingly false.

From The Daily Beast

And some in the dock with the journalists are students unconnected to the network.

From The Daily Beast

Her favorite conceit is to weave unconnected news snippets into over-the-top fantasy sequences—some set in the future!

From The Daily Beast

Yet the word is general and apparently unconnected with the house, as it was not a stable but a boarding-house.

From Project Gutenberg

It is sometimes asked, cannot “Analysis” cement together unconnected “Extremes”?

From Project Gutenberg

This splendid man was innocent as a child of all worldly affairs unconnected with the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Tall furnace chimneys should stand as separate constructions, unconnected with other buildings.

From Project Gutenberg

Regattas are held at various points on the river, and there are, in addition, local regattas unconnected with clubs.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• immaterial
• unrelated