uncoordinated

adjective

un·​co·​or·​di·​nat·​ed ˌən-kō-ˈȯr-də-ˌnā-təd 

: lacking coordination : not coordinated: such as

a

: not able to move different parts of the body together well or easily

… I'm every bit as clumsy and uncoordinated on a virtual skateboard as I would be on a real one.

—Peter Cohen

b

: not characterized by smoothness or regularity

… the uncoordinated twitching of a heart no longer able to beat.

—Jerry Adler

jerky uncoordinated movements

c

: not well organized

uncoordinated attacks by rebel armies

Synonyms

• awkward
• clumsy
• gawkish
• gawky
• graceless
• klutzy
• ungainly

Examples of uncoordinated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These operational silos are further impacted by lagging technological advancement and digitization, an aging workforce, and a lack of skilled workers, which widens issues like poor information sharing, uncoordinated efforts, and ultimately, project inefficiencies and failures. —Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024

Writer-director Sofia Coppola exfoliates the lust for celebrity lifestyles that often powers theft, even at its most haphazard and uncoordinated. —Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024

Single-function products’ disjointed and uncoordinated nature creates data, analysis, alert and reporting silos. —David Schiffer, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024

Though Haiti and Kenyan officials met in December in Nairobi, this was the first time that key partners were all in the same room to discuss what has been a slow-moving and at times seemingly uncoordinated effort. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024

But the progress is uncoordinated and still lacks gravitas. —Ram Charan, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023

At the epicenter, the rescue effort appeared to be largely uncoordinated in the first critical hours, residents said in interviews. —Rick Noack, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023

The postwar international institutions were devised in a somewhat ad hoc manner, with overlapping and uncoordinated functions. —Martin Daunton, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023

That's because the beauty tools featured here are small marvels of engineering, harnessing machine learning, aerospace technology, and good, old-fashioned intuition to help make perfect results seem almost effortless — even for the chronically uncoordinated. —Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

uncoordinated

adjective

un·​co·​or·​di·​nat·​ed -kō-ˈȯrd-ᵊn-ˌāt-əd 

: not coordinated : lacking proper or effective coordination

uncoordinated muscles