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DISJOINTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disjointed mean?
• DISJOINTED (adjective)
The adjective DISJOINTED has 3 senses:
1. lacking orderly continuity
2. taken apart at the joints
3. separated at the joint
Familiarity information: DISJOINTED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking orderly continuity
Synonyms:
confused; disconnected; disjointed; disordered; garbled; illogical; scattered; unconnected
Context example:
scattered thoughts
Similar:
incoherent (without logical or meaningful connection)
Derivation:
disjointedness (lacking order or coherence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Taken apart at the joints
Context example:
a disjointed fowl
Similar:
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Separated at the joint
Synonyms:
disjointed; dislocated; separated
Context example:
a separated shoulder
Similar:
injured (harmed)
Context examples
She now plainly saw that she must not expect a manuscript of equal length with the generality of what she had shuddered over in books, for the roll, seeming to consist entirely of small disjointed sheets, was altogether but of trifling size, and much less than she had supposed it to be at first.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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