out of touch
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4.9
- idiom
:
desconectado
- The company's leaders seem out of touch with the concerns of their employees.
- out of touch with reality
- totally out of touch
- increasingly out of touch
But is saying something that's out of touch worth cancellation?
- But is saying something that's out of touch worth cancellation?
- Like he's just so out of touch with the moment, right?
- This Supreme Court is so out of touch with the modern world.
- You got a character who is out of touch just like John is, right?
- What does this say about how out of touch DC is?
- Like they're so out of touch with their demographic.
- And that's become a metaphor for being out of touch, out of the loop, isolated.
- And it feels like that's the case because he's somehow out of touch with, with people.
- Our stigma in this country with marijuana use is far out of touch with reality.
- And we stayed out of touch for a very long time.
- And it was so disturbing in that it was so completely out of touch with reality.
- This guy is so unbelievably out of touch.
- But perhaps no one, perhaps no one, made JD Vance look more out of touch than JD Vance.
Examples
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We felt like this was an example of a school being out of touch with its learners.
Academic text (2011) -
I feel lost and out of touch.
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I never want to be out of touch like that again.
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You are so out of touch!
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I must be out of touch.
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Focus groups say we're out of touch.
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This Supreme Court is so out of touch with the modern world.
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The Conservatives are isolated and out of touch with the people of Scotland.
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Teacher education programs were perceived as "out of touch" by several respondents.
Academic text (2012) -
We did conclude she's out of touch with the times.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
19
4.0
Not paying attention because your mind is somewhere else
16
7.5
Not aware of what is happening because you did not hear or read about it
1
4.7
Not involved or interested in something and not paying attention
Antonyms
How Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'not aware or lacking contact' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'out of' signalling absence and 'touch' meaning contact/connection, so a learner who knows both words can infer lack of contact or awareness. This follows a common English composition pattern ('out of' + noun) and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, making the expression immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Out of touch comes from the simple image of physical contact: if you are not in touch with someone you have no contact and so miss what they feel or what is happening. So, 'out of touch' now means 'not aware' or 'not in contact' with people or events.