DISARTICULATED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

disarticulated

verb

past tense of disarticulate

as in disconnected

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If the two are disconnected, the problem is not individual performance.

— Melanie Subin, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Despite such justifications, these cuts, closures and layoffs have caused morale to plummet at Goddard, some current workers say, and have left management increasingly disconnected from the research center’s day-to-day operations.

— Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of disconnected

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The first footage shows 30 participants transported to a real prison, where they’re divided into prisoners and guards.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
His lawyers say the evidence instead showed Rivera, Nuhfer and their associates operating as equal partners, with payments divided equally and participants consulting one another rather than Rivera directing them.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of divided

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It is disjointed beyond belief, a wrestling match between dismay and elation.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The defense has argued that Lindsay Clancy was overmedicated and that her care was disjointed, with doctors not speaking to one another or sharing notes.

— Leah Willingham, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of disjointed

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The new stops designed to accommodate bikes and buses are about five inches off the ground and separated from the road by a curb.

— Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
At temperate northern latitudes, consecutive moonrises around Harvest Moon can therefore be separated by much less than the usual 50 minutes, and at some northern locations by only a few minutes.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of separated

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The Dixmoor Public Library District, founded in 1989, initially shared services with the Harvey Public Library District but disjoined due to economic reasons.

— Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
The Lions haven't looked this disjoined offensively since Week 1, the last time they were held to fewer than 30 points.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025

Definition of disjoined

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The bay facing the western shore of Newfoundland is the mouth—the gaping estuary—of the Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland on the chart detached and apparently drifting out to sea.

— Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Liu’s Met commission, with its disembodied hands, its severing and suturing of the organic and the mechanical, may be a metaphor for a civilization detached from its foundations and coming to its end.

— Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of detached

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