disconnected

marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply

• “staccato applause”
• “a staccato command”
• “staccato notes”

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 sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

• “abrupt prose”

not plugged in or connected to a power source

• “the iron is disconnected”

lacking orderly continuity

• “a confused set of instructions”
• “a confused dream about the end of the world”
• “disconnected fragments of a story”
• “scattered thoughts”