isolated incident/case/event• But that was an isolated case.• Gerasch is hardly an isolated case.• Or is this an isolated case?• The copyrightvote was by no means an isolated case.• The defensecontends the fight was an isolated case.• This does not seem like an isolated incident.• UncleBuck isn't an isolated case.• It views writing essays not as a series of isolated events but as the dynamicprocess of developing a skill.
Originisolated
(1700-1800)Frenchisolé, from Italianisolata, from isola“island”