disconnected
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(a) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
- staccato applause
- a staccato command
- staccato notes
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(s) 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
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(s) marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
- abrupt prose
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(s) not plugged in or connected to a power source
- the iron is disconnected
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(s) lacking orderly continuity
- a confused set of instructions
- a confused dream about the end of the world
- disconnected fragments of a story
- scattered thoughts