disconnect

IPA: dɪskʌnˈɛkt

A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
(Scientology) The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.

(transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection.
(transitive) To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.
(intransitive) Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.

Examples of "disconnect" in Sentences

And he is so incredibly disconnect from the average person that he sounds like,,, as I said before …. .wait for it … a complete and total IDIOT!
Bill Maher laid into the tea party movement and the American people for what he described as their disconnect from the reality of the nation's ...
Bill Maher laid into the tea party movement and the American people for what he described as their disconnect from the reality of the nation's finances.
The latest evidence for this disconnect is the headlines about Barack Obama signing a "new deal" with his publisher, Crown, shortly before taking office.
Then again, that disconnect is what makes Bob Saget's act so devastatingly funny, even if a part of us still impulsively wants to reach for the earmuffs.
The purpose, says Ryan Davis, the director, is to point out what he calls the disconnect between what Giuliani has stood for in the past and what he is saying on the campaign trail.
The first reason for the disconnect is simply that the economic status quo is a lot less ugly for those at the top than for other Americans: Since the late 1970s, while middle-class incomes have grown only modestly, the incomes of the very richest Americans have skyrocketed.