divorced
adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue
- //dɪˈvɔː(ɹ)st//
Cut off, or separated.
adjective
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Cut off, or separated.
divorced from reality
It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
Romain Ioualalen, policy lead at Oil Change International, a pressure group, said: “The latest draft is an incoherent and dangerous list of weak measures completely divorced from what is needed to limit warming to 1.5C.”
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Legally dissolved.
It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.
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Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.
Mark's parents are divorced.
verb
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Also a form of divorcesimple past and past participle of divorce