isolated

Adjective

isolated (comparative more isolated, superlative most isolated)

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.2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2024
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).

   Antonyms:

   embedded

8. Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.
   • I feel so isolated among my workmates

   Synonyms:

   abandoned, alone, forsaken, lonely, lonesome, solitary