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disjointed

UK/dɪsˈdʒɔɪn.tɪd/

disjointed adjective: not connected, coherent, or continuous.

Adjective

disjointed (comparative more disjointed, superlative most disjointed)

  1. (figuratively) 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.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport
  2. Having the paws and head (but not the tail) detached from the body.
    • a lion disjointed
  3. Cut into pieces at the joints.
    • They argued over the menu. The fish was described as being 'Made From Flaky Tender Boneless Filets and the chicken as 'Delicious French Fried to a Golden Brown, Served Disjointed.'1954, Ian Fleming, “Allumeuse”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 107

disjointed meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

disjointed in Tamil

விடு, ஒருங்கு குலைந்த, விடுதல்

disjointed in Urdu

ان مل, بےجوڑ, اوٹ پٹانگ

disjointed in Bengali

বিচ্ছিন্ন, অসংলগ্ন

disjointed in Malayalam

ബന്ധമറ്റ, പരസ്പരബന്ധമില്ലാത്ത, അസംഗതമായ, പൊരുത്തമില്ലാത്ത
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disjointed in Punjabi
وکھ vakkh

Examples of disjointed in a sentence

  • Disjointed thoughts ran jumblingly through her head.
  • But, even in the design of these new media strategies, many experiences consumers are having are vague, disjointed, or undefined.
  • No act of theirs disjointed, no subservient bud doth flower For equal in the Godhead reigns the indivisive power.

All 12 example sentences with disjointed

Synonyms of disjointed

All synonyms of disjointed

Forms of disjointed

comparativemore disjointed
superlativemost disjointed

Words formed from disjointed

Questions about disjointed

What does disjointed mean?
Disjointed means not connected, coherent, or continuous.
What is disjointed in Tamil?
Disjointed in Tamil is விடு, ஒருங்கு குலைந்த, விடுதல். See Disjointed meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disjointed?
Disjointed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce disjointed?
Disjointed is pronounced /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn.tɪd/ (UK).

Words near disjointed in the dictionary

  1. disjoint sets
  2. disjoint union
  3. disjoint union topologies
  4. disjoint union topology
  5. disjoint unions
  6. disjointed
  7. disjointedly
  8. disjointedness
  9. disjointednesses
  10. disjointing
  11. disjointly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disjointed (page history and authors); disjointed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disjointed (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Disjointed (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disjointed (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); وکھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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