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Recent Examples of disconnectedness
There was a disconnectedness to his eyes at times.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
Public health experts have been warning about the consequences of not addressing the rising social disconnectedness that is being seen.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
This dynamic of connectedness and disconnectedness on the river has stood the test of time.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
Putnam notes a drop in participation in traditional social and civic activities, which has led to feelings of isolation, loneliness, and disconnectedness from family, friends, and neighbors.
—Susan Angle Damone, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2025
Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
Public health experts have been warning about the consequences of not addressing the rising social disconnectedness that is being seen.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
This dynamic of connectedness and disconnectedness on the river has stood the test of time.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
Putnam notes a drop in participation in traditional social and civic activities, which has led to feelings of isolation, loneliness, and disconnectedness from family, friends, and neighbors.
—Susan Angle Damone, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnectedness
Noun
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What is the team’s long-term plan for Derik Queen in light of his incompatibility so far with Zion?—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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Ninoy recognizes an essential incompatibility between them.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Advertisement Xi’s invocation of Thucydides’ Trap comes at a time when tensions between the rival superpowers could boil over on any of a number of issues, from trade to AI to Taiwan.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
15 May 2026
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Senator Peter Welch framed the same tension through affordability, arguing that the system increasingly shifts costs, complexity and administrative burden across institutions while patients experience rising anxiety and diminishing visibility into how care decisions are made.—
Demetri Giannikopoulos,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The administration has signaled that proposals from Tehran have gotten incrementally better as the negotiations have dragged on, but that disorganization of leadership has complicated the process.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
1 May 2026
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A lot of the case seemed to come down to disorganization and messy paperwork.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The extraordinary dissonance between his films’ classically cartoonish aesthetic and their thematic bleakness makes Vázquez one of the most singular and consistently surprising animation auteurs working today.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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And then shifting chords where the harmonies overlap, so there’s a moment of dissonance.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Slow starts, Karl-Anthony Towns’ inconsistent offensive involvement and disjointedness on both ends of the floor have been pain points for this Knicks team all season under new head coach Mike Brown.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Disconnectedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnectedness. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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