disjoined
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7.1
- adjective
- /dɪsˈdʒɔɪnd/
- And that is the case whenever the sets A&B are disjoined from each other.
Examples
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According to Nyiri (2007: 5), static images correspond to separate, disjoined words, while motion pictures denote sentences.
Academic text (2018) -
That being the case, since X is not part of Y, there has to be a part of X which is completely disjoined from Y.
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The piece of A that also belongs in B therefore is disjoined from the piece of C that also belongs to B.
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The disjoined pieces of the puzzle made it impossible to complete the picture.
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After the argument, their friendship felt disjoined and strained.
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The disjoined segments of the report revealed gaps in the overall analysis.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Become separated into pieces
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2.1
Not joined to another thing and kept apart
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5.8
Cut off from the rest by a sharp object
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4.4
Not physically connected or locked so parts can move apart
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4.3
Something loose and not fixed to the thing it belongs to
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3.9
Not joined or linked to something else
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5.3
A joint forced apart so the bones are not in their normal place
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4.2
Not fixed to anything so it can move freely
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7.0
Free from any tie and able to move or act freely
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4.9
Not joined to something it was attached to before
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4.9
Not connected or related to something else, like two separate events
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5.5
Separated at a joint, like a finger or ankle
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5.4
Not connected to another thing, like a beam or wire
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8.7
Not connected or joined, so parts seem separate
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8.9
Made of separate parts that do not touch each other
Antonyms
How Separate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word disjoined comes from the parts dis- meaning 'apart' and join meaning 'to connect'. So, something disjoined is 'separated' or 'not connected', like train cars that were once joined and are now taken apart.