divorced

adj

1. (not-comparable)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.””

2. (not-comparable)Legally dissolved.

   “It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.”

3. (not-comparable)Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.

   “Mark's parents are divorced.”

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of divorce