disjointedness
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- noun
- /dɪsˈdʒɔɪntɪdnəs/
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desarticulación
- Many people feel a sense of disjointedness when trying to balance work and personal life.
Examples
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For a family group, they display a curious disjointedness.
Academic text (2005) -
Implicitly, the halting disjointedness stands for the psychological disruption of inner life.
Academic text (2010) -
Survey chronicler Frederick Loring reported in one of his dispatches that "Indian talk is something like baby-talk in its utter disjointedness."
Academic text (2003) -
The professor pointed out the disjointedness in the student's essay, which made it hard to follow.
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The movie's disjointedness made it difficult for the audience to understand the plot.
Synonyms
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A gap between what people think and what really happens
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A state when the mind is confused and not thinking clearly
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A confused mixture of things or ideas
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A lack of order or system that makes things untidy
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Speech or writing that is unclear and hard to follow
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A gap or lack of connection between things
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A gap between things that do not match
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A lack of clear, organized speech or writing that makes it hard to follow
A situation where things have no link or relation
A quality of being made of many separate pieces with parts missing
A state of confusion where things are unclear or messy
Lack of focus in speech or writing that makes ideas hard to follow
Antonyms
How Disjointed
Surface Forms
Morphology
disjointedness = disjointed (semi-transparent) = dis + joint + ed + ness
This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'disjointed' meaning the state or quality of being disjointed.
Etymology
The word disjointedness comes from the part dis- meaning 'not' and the root join meaning 'to connect', just like the simple word joint. So disjointedness is the state of things not fitting or connecting together, which is why it means a lack of clear connection or order.