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disjointed Definition

dis·jointed (-id)

adjective

  1. out of joint
  2. dismembered
  3. disconnected; without unity or coherence

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disjointed

modif.

  1. Incoherent

    disconnected, disorganized, rambling, confused; see incoherent 2, incongruous 1, irregular 1.

  2. 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.