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LOOSE-JOINTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does loose-jointed mean?
• LOOSE-JOINTED (adjective)
The adjective LOOSE-JOINTED has 1 sense:
1. loosely articulated or constructed
Familiarity information: LOOSE-JOINTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loosely articulated or constructed
Context example:
a loose-jointed paragraph
Similar:
lax (lacking in firmness or tension; not taut)
Context examples
One of the hunters, a tall, loose-jointed chap named Henderson, was going aft at the time from the steerage (the name the hunters facetiously gave their midships sleeping quarters) to the cabin.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“Why shrink, my honey-bird? Why so afeard, my sweet cinnamon?” exclaimed the other, a loose-jointed lanky youth with a dancing, roguish eye.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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