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disjointed
/dɪsˈdʒɔɪn.tɪd/
adj 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
alleged, confusing, tangential
VERB + DISJOINTED
convoluted, gave
DISJOINTED + NOUN
narrative, paper, people, speech, term, women
Definitions
adj
1
Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
England can look forward to a quarter-final next weekend against a similarly struggling France, a reward they scarcely deserve on the evidence of this disjointed display.
2
Having the paws and head (but not the tail) detached from the body.
a lion disjointed
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — lacking orderly continuity
- confused
- disconnected
- disordered
- garbled
- illogical
- scattered
- unconnected
adjective — separated at the joint
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
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England can look forward to a quarter-final next weekend against a similarly struggling France, a reward they scarcely deserve on the evidence of this disjointed display.
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a lion disjointed
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Even his everyday speech was an off-the-cuff, tangential, disjointed narrative.
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His disjointed term paper earned him a grade of 63%. Of course, he was not very logical himself.
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Long exposure to both pick-up artists and feminists gave Étienne a disjointed approach to women.
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