out of touch

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out of touch

adjective more out of touch · most out of touch · outta touch

  1. idiomatic No longer maintaining contact or communications. I had been out of touch with my old friend for a long time when she called.

    Similar: incommunicado, in the dark, out of the loop · Opposite: in touch

  2. derogatory, idiomatic Disconnected or insulated from the everyday experiences and concerns of ordinary people. Near-synonyms: out of the loop; out of one's mind

    Similar: out of the loop, out of one's mind · Opposite: in touch, well-grounded, grounded, well-rounded

  3. idiomatic Old-fashioned, no longer aware of popular culture.
  4. idiomatic No longer conversant with crucial basics such as facts, reality, the real world, and sanity; not aware or realistic. Near-synonym: out of one's mind

    Similar: out of one's mind · Opposite: in touch

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adj no longer conversant with sth

Españolno estar al tanto, fuera de onda, no estar al corriente, en el limbo, desentendido
中文脫節 /脱节 tuōjié

adj no longer maintaining contact

Españolperder el contacto, no estar en contacto
中文失去聯繫 /失去联系 shīqù liánxì

adj out of touch with reality

Españoldesfasado, ajeno a la realidad, desatinado
中文不食人間煙火 /不食人间烟火 bù shí rénjiān yānhuǒ
Françaisdéconnecté, hors-sol
Deutschrealitätsfremd, realitätsfern
Italianofuori dal mondo, fuori dalla realtà
Ελληνικάεκτός πραγματικότητας ektós pragmatikótitas

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@misc{out_of_touch_2026,
  title = {out of touch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/out%20of%20touch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}