divorced from reality
idiom
: showing no connection to what is real or true
a theory that is completely divorced from reality
Examples of divorced from reality in a Sentence
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Advertisement That may not be the only issue about Tesla and Musk that is arguably divorced from reality.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
But expectations that a deal could truly benefit Palestinians are divorced from reality.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2023
His brief interview with me not only contained standard denials of wrongdoing but was wholly divorced from reality.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
Or is the point to make the whole thing completely divorced from reality?
➽ Who came up with letting one of the cast members be the one to activate the chair?
—Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023
To them, the anti-Israel statement sounded divorced from reality.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
He was divorced from reality, delegating authority, writing fiction and poetry, and hoping to reconcile with the United States to fight Islamic extremists.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
In other words, Indiana Jones is outré, but hardly divorced from reality.
—Christopher Heaney, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
The clever script is overtly philosophical and cautions against destructive moral frameworks, but also warns against intellectual stimulation divorced from reality and tangible action.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
But expectations that a deal could truly benefit Palestinians are divorced from reality.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2023
His brief interview with me not only contained standard denials of wrongdoing but was wholly divorced from reality.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
Or is the point to make the whole thing completely divorced from reality?
➽ Who came up with letting one of the cast members be the one to activate the chair?
—Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023
To them, the anti-Israel statement sounded divorced from reality.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
He was divorced from reality, delegating authority, writing fiction and poetry, and hoping to reconcile with the United States to fight Islamic extremists.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
In other words, Indiana Jones is outré, but hardly divorced from reality.
—Christopher Heaney, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
The clever script is overtly philosophical and cautions against destructive moral frameworks, but also warns against intellectual stimulation divorced from reality and tangible action.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
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“Divorced from reality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divorced%20from%20reality. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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