isolated

adjective

1. 1

   remote and separate physically or socially

   existed over the centuries as a world apart

   preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson

2. 2

   not close together in time

   isolated instances of rebellion

   a few stray crumbs

3. 3

   under forced isolation especially for health reasons

   a quarantined animal

   isolated patients

4. 4

   being or feeling set or kept apart from others

   she felt detached from the group

   could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson

5. 5

   marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements

   little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly

6. 6

   cut off or left behind

   an isolated pawn

   several stranded fish in a tide pool