How to Use unconnected in a Sentence

unconnected

adjective
  • He’ll be assigned to an unconnected case, but just on the books.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The lack of distraction that comes with being unconnected to the depths of the internet.
    cincinnati.com, 10 May 2023
  • Some of you tried to learn in homes that were crowded, unconnected, unsafe.
    BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2021
  • Burke said a fire alarm earlier in the day at the State House was likely unconnected to the fire in the basement, given the time between.
    Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Even so, Africa and South Asia are among the last remaining places on earth with large numbers of people unconnected to the Net.
    Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
  • Since at least 2004, there have never been three women killed in the city in unconnected murders over such a short span.
    Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, baltimoresun.com, 15 June 2018
  • The shots missed the man and hit the 9-month-old, who was in a vehicle nearby that was unconnected to the robbery, according to the sheriff's office.
    Alyson Ward, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Contee said firearms in the District tend to get passed from one person to another, and are used in unconnected crimes throughout the city.
    Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
  • This aging Colón has emerged as a cult hero, beloved by fans unconnected to whichever team happens to employ him.
    Robert O'Connell, The Atlantic, 4 June 2018
  • But experts argue that the slowdown has been driven by a series of factors unconnected to the White House.
    Erin Mershon, STAT, 4 May 2018
  • These things should have been unconnected, but that summer a photo of Chris Christie sitting on a beach was published as part of a news story.
    Chrissy Stockton, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 June 2018
  • What exists now is split between two skinny and unconnected slices that opened this year.
    New York Times, 8 June 2018
  • Then there's the Mystery Shack, where water runs from faucets unconnected to pipes and visitors tilt this way and that making their way across the old miner's house.
    Sonja Haller, azcentral, 18 Feb. 2015
  • With his wires, Vyazovskiy could watch a bunch of unconnected local events build into a global one.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2011
  • The series sees Mickey and friends through brisk, unconnected nine-minute adventures that can be viewed in any order.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Unfortunately, this section of the show trickles off and feels unconnected to either the front section of the show or the Bishop and Criswell works in the center gallery.
    Victoria Dalkey, sacbee, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Last year saw a sisterly spat between Britney and Jamie Lynn (not unconnected to the press circuit of Jamie’s tell-all memoir).
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 13 Apr. 2022
  • So far, the beach below the tracks has been armored with 1,118 feet of seawalls in several unconnected segments.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • In the meantime, cyclists describe a patchwork of short, unconnected bike lanes.
    Julie Bykowicz, WSJ, 21 July 2022
  • Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding cities—remain unconnected to sewage treatment plants.
    National Geographic, 15 Aug. 2016
  • Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding cities—remain unconnected to sewage treatment plants.
    Lindsey Konkel, National Geographic, 15 Aug. 2016
  • The ranges are unconnected and rise from the desert floor for thousands of feet, supporting an incredible range of plant and animal life, biomes from arid to alpine.
    Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
  • Another idea: sell something valuable that is unconnected to what Deutsche wants to be.
    Paul J. Davies, WSJ, 24 May 2018
  • The panels are without words, and while sometimes the action makes sense from frame to frame, at other times the Peanuts gang seems to be engaging in a series of unconnected shenanigans.
    Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2012
  • Moreover, the thrust of the epidemic in China has been from the spread of the virus through households and close contacts, not unconnected community members.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Alvarez’s take is being kept deep inside the studio’s chest, but sources describe it as unconnected to the previous movies.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Conservatives are quick to point out that the Green New Deal includes provisions that may, on the surface, seem unconnected to climate change.
    Grace Segers, CBS News, 13 May 2021
  • Businesses that refuse to engage with the unconnected may also put themselves at risk.
    Stephanie Tumba, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • As mentioned in the episode, Wheeler's emotional distress and his death seem unconnected to each other.
    Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 19 Oct. 2020
  • What seems at first to be occasionally echoing but largely unconnected stories turns out to be the more coherent narrative of a society in the process of coming unglued.
    Robert Rubsam, Washington Post, 24 June 2024

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