as in confusing
not clearly or logically connected
a disjointed harangue about a hodgepodge of things that are supposedly wrong with our society
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as in divided
to set or force apart
disjoint the parts of a chicken for frying
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as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the author deliberately disjoints his narrative in favor of a more impressionistic account of the war
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Recent Examples of disjointed
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Deficient collaboration leads to disjointed performances, as seen in the French national team’s struggles during the 2010 World Cup.
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Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
There was something disjointed internally.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
13 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
For a few minutes, nobody cared that this team is an expensive, disjointed, underperforming, charisma-free mess that invents ways to lose.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Deficient collaboration leads to disjointed performances, as seen in the French national team’s struggles during the 2010 World Cup.
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Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Verb
The team’s holdings there are disjointed, suggesting that the Broncos will buy additional properties to fill in the gaps.
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Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
There was something disjointed internally.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjointed
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Messaging about what’s in the air has been confusing.
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If the experience feels confusing or unreliable, employees may under-contribute or disengage altogether.
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Nigeria is largely divided between Christians in the south and Muslims in the north.
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The technology’s build-out, included planned pipelines, has sparked backlash in rural Louisiana communities and divided the state GOP.
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Meanwhile, its medium-range drones have also disrupted Russia’s supply lines to the front, and its long-range strikes have increasingly damaged Russian oil facilities that provide vital revenue for the Kremlin’s war effort.
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Record heat has disrupted schools and transportation networks and forced some tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower, to close.
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According to Chernoff, this can lead to excess frost, stale odors, and inconsistent freezing conditions, all of which negatively affect ice quality.
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Golfers have long sought solutions for inconsistent putting, with many traditional tips proving ineffective.
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As the aircraft approached Atlantic City, a portion of one of the main rotor blades separated, the NTSB report showed, tearing the transmission and rotor apart and sending the helicopter crashing onto the Garden State Parkway.
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Watching Bryce Dettloff and Trinity Tatum pine for each other while separated by Casa Amor and realize their feelings for each other while unable to talk was sincerely romantic.
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It's called cognitive empathy, not to be confused with emotional empathy.
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So The Listeners — not to be confused with 2022’s The Listener starring Tessa Thompson and you in a voice role — is just now reaching the States.
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So with that, that is extremely frustrating to, to members of Congress, especially Senate Republicans who think legislation like the bipartisan housing bill is good for voters heading into the midterms.
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But months later, Feldstein Soto’s office still hasn’t executed the contracts, frustrating tenants rights advocates and the nonprofits, which are struggling to pay their staff without the funds from the city.
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So even if disconnected from headquarters, a brigade can still use the system.
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Carbon offsets, by contrast, can be difficult to verify and are often disconnected from local conditions.
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“Disjointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjointed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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