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Definition of Disjointed

1. Adjective. Lacking orderly continuity. "Scattered thoughts"

2. Adjective. Taken apart at the joints. "A disjointed fowl"

3. Adjective. Separated at the joint. "A separated shoulder"

Definition of Disjointed

1. a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent.

Definition of Disjointed

1. Adjective. (figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disjointed

1. disjoint [v] - See also: disjoint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disjointed

disinvolved disinvolves disinvolving disir disject disjected disjecting disjection disjects disjoin

disjoined disjoined pyeloplasty disjoining disjoins disjoint disjointed (current term) disjointedly disjointedness disjointing disjointly

disjointness disjoints disjunct disjunction disjunction mutant disjunctions disjunctive disjunctive absorption disjunctive conjunction disjunctive normal form

Literary usage of Disjointed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... which shews he was not so disjointed with such cruelty as is pretended. Lastly, those who complain of ..."

2. The Bayeux Tapestry: A History and Description by Frank Rede Fowke (1898)
"The solution I propose would at least make a connected story of these disjointed subjects, and contains besides, as I think, elements of probability. ..."

3. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"I write this much before I have seen it, as I must mail these disjointed notes for the American steamer And now, my dearest wife, Heaven bless you and all ..."

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