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disunified

disunified

7.2
Not united or acting together as one group
  • adjective
  • /ˌdɪsˈjunɪfaɪd/
translation icon : desunido
  • The community felt disunified after the disagreement over the new policy changes.

It's becoming more and more disunified and corrupt as it goes along.

Examples

  • Further, the activism and rhetoric surrounding queer theory are usually characterized not only by interrogation of systems but also by the express support and claiming of contention and contestation, a purposely disunified approach to talking about systems of oppression and bodies.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It's becoming more and more disunified and corrupt as it goes along.

  • Our country has never been this disjointed and this disunified and, and it started with President Obama couple times.

  • What is real is disunified and fragmented, with no center, no unity, no persistence.

    Academic text (2016)
  • During the meeting, it became clear that the team was disunified in its approach to the project.

  • The disunified state of the organization made it difficult to implement effective solutions.

Synonyms

separate
vsdisunified
829 2.1

Not joined to another thing and kept apart

is narrower, stressing lack of cohesion across the whole
split
vsdisunified
9 4.2

Divided into opposing parts within a group

focuses on absence of cohesion without implying conflict
disunited
vsdisunified
1 6.0

Not joined or working together as a group

is the same meaning but uses a different word form
siloed
vsdisunified
  • Jargon
1 7.4

Kept separate from other parts of a company so people do not share information

is broader, referring to lack of cohesion across many contexts
divided
vsdisunified
3.0

Split into groups that do not agree

emphasizes lack of cohesion rather than just being apart
unconverged
vsdisunified
8.1

Not joined together and still separate

stresses continuous lack of togetherness rather than a past meeting
ungathered
vsdisunified
7.8

Not collected into one place or group

focuses on overall lack of cohesion, not physical collection
uncombined
vsdisunified
6.3

Not joined to other things

means lacking cohesion within a single unit rather than mere separation
unintegrated
vsdisunified
7.4

A person or group that is not part of the main community

implies missing cohesion inside the main structure rather than general apartness
unjoined
vsdisunified
5.6

A person who is not married and lives alone

often implies physical or formal nonconnection rather than group cohesion loss

Antonyms

127 4.1

Different parts join to make one whole

How United

cohesive
38 6.3
united
2.2
separated
1.0
disunified
7.2
fragmented
9 4.4

Surface Forms

disunified positive
disunifies comparative
disunifiedest superlative

Morphology

disunified = unified (transparent) = dis + uni + fy + ed

For most learners who know 'unified', adding 'dis-' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'not unified' or 'lacking unity'.

Etymology

The word disunified is made from dis- meaning 'not' and unified from unify meaning 'to make one'. So disunified literally means 'not made one' or 'not brought together', which is why we use it for a group that lacks unity or togetherness.