isolated

adjective

iso·lat·ed ˈī-sə-ˌlā-təd

also ˈi-

Synonyms of isolated next

: occurring alone or once : unique

: sporadic

Examples of isolated in a Sentence

The town remains a very isolated community. The camp is located in an isolated area. The arrest was an isolated incident in his youth. a few isolated cases of vandalism

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The department does not just look at violent crimes as isolated incidents, but instead identifies patterns and repeat offenders to find those who are driving crime in Aurora, Thomas said. —

R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 Last summer, an unsettling quiet cloaked the isolated Southwest Alaska community of King Cove as the town’s economic engine — a sprawling seafood processing plant — sat shuttered. —

ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025 Warnings were also in place in California, Utah, and isolated regions of Nevada. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025 Showers will be periodic during the stretch, with potential for isolated thunderstorms on Monday evening and Tuesday. —

Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for isolated