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Vinony

isolated

adjective

  1. occurring alone or once : unique
  2. sporadic
  3. characterized by little social contact
  4. far from others or difficult to get to; remote
  5. to set apart, (causing to be) solitary
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/

adj

Etymology: A rendering into English of French isolé.

  1. Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

    “an isolated tree in the mountains”

    “Antarctica, like outer-space, is known as an ICE environment – isolated, confined and extreme – meaning unlike other isolated communities, the rate of change for its vocabulary can be slower.”

  2. Happening or occurring only once.

    “isolated case”

    “an isolated occurrence”

  3. Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
  4. Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.
  5. Which has been extracted from the organism.
  6. Of a condition or abnormality: occurring in the absence of associated conditions or abnormalities.
  7. Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).
  8. Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.

    “I feel so isolated among my workmates”

verb

Etymology: A rendering into English of French isolé.

  1. simple past and past participle of isolate