disjointed
disjointed
Definition
dis·jointed (-id)
adjective
- out of joint
- dismembered
- disconnected; without unity or coherence
disjointed
Synonyms
disjointed
modif.
Incoherent
disconnected, disorganized, rambling, confused; see incoherent 2, incongruous 1, irregular 1.Separated
divided, dismembered, dislocated, unattached; see separated.
disjointed
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- affair: The second half proved a scrappy, disjointed affair.
- style: It all romps along in the usual disjointed style, and made good mindless fodder for a train journey.
- feel: Blood is anime, and Frost is based on comics, so both have a disjointed feel.
- approach: Reforming Welfare: We will tackle benefit fraud, replacing the current disjointed approach with a new single Benefit Investigation Squad.
- performance: Their Champions League hopes disappeared in a disjointed performance lacking any real passion.
- manner: III - The Present Catalog The disjointed manner in which the Jowett Papers have been put together imposes certain constraints on their cataloging.
Modifying Another Word
- somewhat: The result is a somewhat disjointed game that does not make you feel like a member of a team like it should.
- slightly: I wanted to write with one producer because if you work with a lot of different writers the album can become slightly disjointed.
- rather: The rather disjointed effect fits the disturbing nature of the theme.
- very: This is a collection of essays from throughout the author's entire career so it could so easily feel very disjointed.
- seemingly: Using concepts and images of flowing fractals helps me to follow a patient's seemingly disjointed reasoning.
- quite: The Qur'an is, in these respects, a quite disjointed book.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: I really don't like Live and Let Die: it seems quite disjointed to me.
- feel: The plot is often weak and sometimes feels disjointed.
- become: Firstly, detail becomes disjointed, especially with the use of long, complex technical phrases.
- look: This game showed that we used that many players tonight without looking disjointed.
- sound: Yet the magpie approach doesn't sound stupidly disjointed as it can in the wrong hands.
- appear: The implementation of the policy continues to appear disjointed.
Browse dictionary entries near disjointed
- disjoint
- disjoin
- disjecta membra
- disinviting
- disinvited
- disinvite
- disinvitation
- disinvestment
- disinterring
- disinterred
- disjointedly
- disjointedness
- disjunct
- disjunction
- disjunctive
- disjunctively
- disjuncture
- disk
- disk flower
- disk harrow
