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unconnectedness

unconnectedness

8.0
A situation where things have no link or relation
  • noun
  • /ˌʌn.kəˈnɛk.tɪd.nəs/
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  • The unconnectedness of the various departments made it difficult to implement a cohesive strategy.

Examples

  • If the ultimate accolade is to confer the status of an art object, based on its formal, visual qualities, it is also the ultimate act of decontextualization, of unconnectedness.

    Academic text (1994)
  • I was okay going down this road, but the directing and effects that were used to heighten Julia's state of unconnectedness really put a hamper on the otherwise down-to-earth style of the show.

    Blog text (6)
  • Many students expressed their feelings of unconnectedness in a school where everyone seemed to know each other.

  • The report highlighted the unconnectedness between the issues at hand, showing a lack of communication.

Synonyms

disconnect
vsunconnectedness
58 5.9

A gap between what people think and what really happens

is the neutral absence of any connection, not a social gap
disconnection
vsunconnectedness
9 4.2

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

focuses on the general absence of connection rather than the action
irrelevancy
vsunconnectedness
5 6.6

Something not connected to the main topic

is a general lack of relation, not specifically irrelevance to a topic
disjunction
vsunconnectedness
2 8.2

A gap or lack of connection between things

is about the resulting lack of connection rather than the process
disconnectedness
vsunconnectedness
1 7.4

A feeling of being separate from other people and the world

is the general term for the same lack of connection or relation
disjuncture
vsunconnectedness
1 9.5

A gap between things that do not match

covers any lack of connection, not only sudden breaks
disjointedness
vsunconnectedness
1 7.7

Lack of clear connection or order that makes something hard to follow

is about missing links, not specifically broken order or flow
disrelation
vsunconnectedness
9.9

A lack of connection between things or people

is the broader idea of lacking any connection between things
unrelatedness
vsunconnectedness
7.6

A lack of connection between things

is the general quality of lacking relations or connections
nonassociation
vsunconnectedness
7.4

Not being connected with people or groups

is the broader absence of connection, not only lack of involvement

Antonyms

How people and things are joined and relate to each other

How Connected

connection
1.9
unconnectedness
8.0
isolation
172 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

unconnectedness = unconnected (transparent) = un + connect + ed + ness

Formed by adding the nominalizer '-ness' to 'unconnected', which straightforwardly denotes the state of not being connected.

Etymology

The word unconnectedness comes from three parts: un- 'not', connect 'join', and -ness 'state', like in the familiar word connection. So it means the 'state of not being joined', which is why we use it for a lack of links between things.