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[ dis-join-tid ] / dɪsˈdʒɔɪn tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR disjointed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving the joints or connections separated: a disjointed fowl. disconnected; incoherent: a disjointed discourse. Entomology. disjunct (def. 3). Origin of disjointedFirst recorded in 1580–90; disjoint + -ed2 SYNONYMS FOR disjointed2 rambling, confused, chaotic, disordered. SEE SYNONYMS FOR disjointed ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM disjointeddis·joint·ed·ly, adverbdis·joint·ed·ness, nounun·dis·joint·ed, adjectiveWords nearby disjointeddisject, disjecta membra, disjoin, disjoined, disjoint, disjointed, disjunct, disjunction, disjunctive, disjuncture, disjune Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for disjointedThe Obama administration is finally looking to fix its disjointed efforts to handle U.S. hostages. Exclusive: Obama Orders Hostage Policy Review|Shane Harris|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST It affects about 10 percent of patients, though the writing is often disjointed and difficult to read. The Seizure Medication That Turns You Into a Poet|Cat Ferguson|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The possibilities are endless, and weirdly reassuring in these disjointed and murky times. Paging Rose Mary Woods: Obama’s Unbelievable Missing IRS Emails|James Poulos|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is only true at most of the disjointed experience employed by common-sense. A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson|Edouard le Roy
Let us listen to some of the disjointed thoughts that perplexed this man. The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne His words were disjointed as if emotion choked his utterance. The Count's Millions|Emile Gaboriau One of the restrictions of his gift, however, excludes newspapers, he describing them as "vehicles of disjointed thinking." America, Volume I (of 6)|Joel Cook A troop of recollections, disjointed, half-forgotten bits and ends of things swarmed upon her. The Delafield Affair|Florence Finch Kelly
British Dictionary definitions for disjointed
adjectivehaving no coherence; disconnected separated at the joint dislocated Derived forms of disjointeddisjointedly, adverbdisjointedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to disjointedincoherent, jumbled, rambling, confused, separated, displaced, disordered, divided, muddled, split, cool, disunited, aimless, discontinuous, far-out, fitful, fuzzy, inchoate, irrational, spasmodic |