out of touch

desconectado de la realidad

Que no entiende las condiciones reales de vida o las necesidades de otras personas.

En inglés sencillo: If you do not understand real conditions or other people’s lives, your ideas may be unrealistic.

• These leaders are out of touch with ordinary people.
• His rent estimate showed how out of touch he was.
• Do you think the committee is out of touch with reality?

Cómo se usa: out of touch with something (The board seems out of touch with workers’ needs.)

Sinónimos: unrealistic, disconnected

Antónimos: realistic

Expresiones frecuentes: completely out of touch, seem out of touch

sin contacto

Se dice de personas que ya no se hablan ni se escriben.

En inglés sencillo: If people no longer speak or write to each other, they are no longer in contact.

• We have been out of touch for months.
• She was out of touch with her cousins until last summer.
• Have you been out of touch since he moved?

Cómo se usa: out of touch with someone (I have been out of touch with Sam for years.)

Sinónimos: not in contact

Antónimos: in touch

Expresiones frecuentes: be out of touch, stay out of touch

desactualizado, anticuado

Que conoce poco las modas o intereses actuales y parece tener ideas anticuadas.

En inglés sencillo: If you know little about current fashions or popular interests, your ideas seem old.

• My uncle seems out of touch with modern fashion.
• I felt out of touch when everyone discussed the latest singers.
• Are these old jokes making us look out of touch?

Cómo se usa: out of touch with something (He is out of touch with current music.)

Sinónimos: behind the times, outdated

Antónimos: up to date

Expresiones frecuentes: seem out of touch, be out of touch