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disjointed
[ dis-join-tid ]
adjective
- having the joints or connections separated:
a disjointed fowl.
a disjointed discourse.
Synonyms: unorganized, chaotic, confused, rambling
- Entomology. disjunct ( def 3 ).
disjointed
/ dɪsˈdʒɔɪntɪd /
adjective
- having no coherence; disconnected
- separated at the joint
- dislocated
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Derived Forms
- disˈjointedness, noun
- disˈjointedly, adverb
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Other Words From
- dis·jointed·ly adverb
- dis·jointed·ness noun
- undis·jointed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disjointed1
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Example Sentences
The Obama administration is finally looking to fix its disjointed efforts to handle U.S. hostages.
As the United States becomes more and more disjointed, an increasing number of Americans favors abandoning the Union altogether.
It affects about 10 percent of patients, though the writing is often disjointed and difficult to read.
The possibilities are endless, and weirdly reassuring in these disjointed and murky times.
Over the past decade, the movement has grown organically online into a confederacy of somewhat disjointed causes.
Coronado spurred his horse down the rough, disjointed, slippery declivity, and the others followed.
As it was, the three were lolling in lazy attitudes, smoking their long-stemmed pipes and talking in a disjointed fashion.
For ofttimes he does sink into a deep reverie; and disjointed words break from him, which tell me whither his thoughts have flown.
Every few feet he stopped to shout disjointed explanations or profanity into Pelham's ear.
One man has a hump;—another can hardly see out of his imperfect eyes;—a third can barely utter a few disjointed words.
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