"a growing disconnect" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a gradual increase in separation or lack of understanding between two things or people. Example: "There is a growing disconnect between the wealthy and the working class in our society, as income inequality continues to rise."
There might be a growing disconnect between Federer's results and his marketing machinery.
There was a growing disconnect between our lives and those of almost everyone we knew.
There is a growing disconnect between available careers in agricultural businesses and career-minded people in the local population.
Bourland points to analysis by Deutschebank's Adam Siminsky, who posits a growing disconnect between the crude and finished product markets.
Insel's point echoes a growing disconnect between the D.S.M. and the current state of psychological research and knowledge.
Many who work in universities feel there is a growing disconnect between managers and practitioners – the leaders and the teachers.
But state legislators thumbed their noses at the voters, lowering the rate only to 5.3%–a graphic example of the growing disconnect between citizens and the political culture.
These and other results strongly indicate there's a large and perhaps growing disconnect between public opinion and the stated agenda of the new president and Congress.
Those low interest rates are the sign of an economy that is nowhere near to a full recovery from the financial crisis of 2008, while the high level of stock prices shouldn't be cause for celebration; it is, in large part, a reflection of the growing disconnect between productivity and wages.
Whether there's a lasting or even growing disconnect between the U.S. and global data remains to be seen, but Crunchbase points to a variety of factors that are worth exploring to better understand what's going on.
It's also reopened a discussion about the growing disconnect between cops and the public, and how to handle police officers who kill or injure the very people they have vowed to serve and protect.
