isolated
/ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/ adjective C1- Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation. · an isolated tree in the mountains
- Happening or occurring only once. · isolated case· an isolated occurrence
- Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
- Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.
- Which has been extracted from the organism.
- Of a condition or abnormality: occurring in the absence of associated conditions or abnormalities.
- Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).
- Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc. · I feel so isolated among my workmates
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It was evening of a dull, foggy November day when, having left our bags at the "Chequers," Lamberley, we drove through the Sussex clay of a long winding lane, and finally reached the isolated and ancient farm-house in which Ferguson dwelt.
This house, isolated from the rest, had, besides the main entrance, another in the Rue de Ponthieu.
“Look at those big, isolated clumps of building rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-coloured sea.”
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