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isolated
adjective
remote and separate physically or socially
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ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd
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adjective
remote and separate physically or socially
“existed over the centuries as a world apart”
adjective
not close together in time
“isolated instances of rebellion”
adjective
under forced isolation especially for health reasons
“a quarantined animal”
adjective
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
“she felt detached from the group”
adjective
marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
“{'source': 'Scientific Monthly', 'text': 'little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara'}”
adjective
cut off or left behind
“an isolated pawn”
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existed over the centuries as a world apart
{'source': 'W.H.Hudson', 'text': 'preserved because they inhabited a place apart'}
tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization
an obscure village
isolated instances of rebellion
a few stray crumbs
a quarantined animal
isolated patients
she felt detached from the group
{'source': 'Sherwood Anderson', 'text': 'could not remain the isolated figure he had been'}
thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
had a set-apart feeling
{'source': 'Scientific Monthly', 'text': 'little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara'}
an isolated pawn
several stranded fish in a tide pool
travelers marooned by the blizzard
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