marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; " abrupt prose"

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"

marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; ( music) cut short crisply; " staccato applause"; " a staccato command"; " staccato notes"

Disjointed; broken; interrupted.

The chain of young folks disconnected for a moment, was reformed, and twisted in and out among the trees; sometimes in light, sometimes in shadow, until they disappeared, singing, into the very heart of the forest. – A Woodland Queen, Complete by Andre Theuriet Last Updated: March 3, 2009

That time both calls, to Central, might have been feigned by holding down the hook and speaking into a disconnected transmitter. – Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage

Wylie, with downcast and averted face, began to stammer a few disconnected and unintelligible words; but old Wardlaw silenced him and said, with much feeling, Let none but a father tell him. – Foul Play by Charles Reade Dion Boucicault

Oh, I'm afraid my anatomy has become disconnected!... – The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey

He muttered some disconnected words, to which Marguerite replied with a smile, placing her finger on her lips. – Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas

But, struggle as I would, no general conclusion could be made to emerge from the mass of apparently disconnected facts. – The Mystery of 31 New Inn by R. Austin Freeman

One disagreeable incident which, had life been normal with her then, would have much irritated and annoyed the mistress of the Trellis House, was the arrival of a curt notice stating that her telephone was to be disconnected, owing to the fact that there resided in her house an enemy alien in the person of one Anna Bauer. – Good Old Anna by Marie Belloc Lowndes

At first these impressions may be somewhat disconnected and more or less confused, but before long there will be noticed a clearing away of the scene, and the mental picture will become quite plain. – Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers by Bhakta Vishita

There is every possible variety in the matter of the engagements made by oath, but not one of them is disconnected from a covenant with him. – The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham

Anthrax disconnected the operator from the conference call. – Underground by Suelette Dreyfus

He disconnected the library telephone wires at the junction- box in the alley. – Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage

The instrument room of our tower had been disconnected by Tarrano when he left some hours before. – Tarrano the Conqueror by Raymond King Cummings

He is not giving close attention to the convalescent's disconnected chatter. – When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

For purposes of wheeled traffic these picturesque but disconnected fragments are quite useless. – Old Calabria by Norman Douglas