disjointed
10
6.0
- adjective
- /dɪsˈdʒɔɪntɪd/
:
incoherente
- The lecture was disjointed, making it difficult for the students to follow the main ideas.
- disjointed fragments
- disjointed narrative
- disjointed nature
That seems so disjointed from my idea of who you are.
- That seems so disjointed from my idea of who you are.
- So that's kind of my disjointed answer.
- And in the epic, the epic is kind of compared to tragedy, a, you know, more messy, disjointed kind of thing, you know.
- So I'm of the opinion that we are living in two completely parallel yet disjointed societies right now, heavily driven by media involvement.
- For that, for that use case, you know, for a nonverbal communication, you might say that's a solved problem in a very crude, disjointed way.
- I, I, I it just feels very disjointed and and not particularly good.
- And it was just it was so disjointed and girls have to like each other first and then go do the activity.
Examples
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Any prose that violates these principles, even if each sentence is clear, will feel choppy or disjointed or incoherent.
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To realize the value of multiple studies, mechanisms are needed for synthesizing disjointed information.
Academic text (2009) -
That seems so disjointed from my idea of who you are.
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What is the possible effect of such a disjointed policy on relationships with the international community?
Academic text (2001) -
At times, my life appears like a series of disjointed events.
Fiction book (1996) -
Without such a core, courses would be a series of disjointed lessons.
Academic text (1995) -
We are the victims of our own scattered and disjointed attempts to change.
Academic text (1993) -
Mr. S's description is disjointed and does not follow a logical pattern.
Academic text (2007) -
Furthermore, the available data is disjointed in terms of continuity and rigor.
Academic text (2018) -
Rifken led a fragmented, disjointed existence.
Synonyms
829
2.1
Not joined to another thing and kept apart
38
3.1
Not in a clear order or plan
22
7.2
Said or written in a way that is hard to understand
18
1.0
Messy and not in order, with things mixed up
15
7.6
Speech or writing that is unclear and hard to understand
7
5.4
Confused and not in clear order so hard to understand
7
4.5
Not arranged in a clear or tidy way
4
5.1
Not in a clear order or logically linked
4
3.8
Not in a clear order and often messy
4
4.5
A place or thing that is untidy and not in order
1
3.6
Not in order and difficult to understand or use
1
4.1
Not in any clear order
Having parts or ideas that do not fit together clearly
Not organized and having no clear order or pattern
Mixed together in a confused and untidy way
Not connected or joined, so parts seem separate
Antonyms
Compounds
How Disjointed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disjointed comes from dis- meaning 'apart' and joint meaning 'joined' or 'connected', the same root as the common word joint. So a disjointed speech or story is made of parts that do not connect and feels confusing.