Unexpected vs Disconnected - What's the difference?
unexpected | disconnected | Related terms |
Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
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(disconnect)
That is no longer connected.
Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
(mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.
Disconnected is a synonym of unexpected.
As adjectives the difference between unexpected and disconnected
is that unexpected is not expected, anticipated or foreseen while disconnected is that is no longer connected.As a verb disconnected is
past tense of disconnect.unexpected
English
Adjective
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- The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.
Synonyms
* SeeAntonyms
* expectedDerived terms
* unexpectedly * unexpectednessdisconnected
English
Verb
(head)- The phone company disconnected my DSL.
Adjective
(en adjective)- There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
- I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.