Meaning & use

isolated

adjective·Academic

Separate or set apart from others, whether physically distant or occurring as a single instance.

See it in a sentence

The cabin was isolated, sitting miles from the nearest small town.

Officials described the incident as an isolated case, not a wider pattern.

A note on using this word

Isolated can describe physical remoteness or a single, unrelated occurrence, as in 'an isolated incident'.

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Words with an opposite meaning

connectedwidespread

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