1
as in to separate
to set or force apart
disjoint the parts of a chicken for frying
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as in to disrupt
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 disjoint
Spurs were inept and disjointed on Saturday, losing 1-0 against Chelsea in a rivalry the club don’t tolerate losing easily.
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Even standard news programming is as noisy and disjointed as the output of a Bloomberg terminal.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Carrie Ann Inaba felt the routine was disjointed and encouraged him to watch Rylee's line during rehearsal.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Because no one was near enough to touch him down, and the broken play seemed to disjoint the Chiefs more than the Jags as Lawrence recovered and ran it in.
—Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Even standard news programming is as noisy and disjointed as the output of a Bloomberg terminal.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Carrie Ann Inaba felt the routine was disjointed and encouraged him to watch Rylee's line during rehearsal.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Because no one was near enough to touch him down, and the broken play seemed to disjoint the Chiefs more than the Jags as Lawrence recovered and ran it in.
—Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjoint
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While Western thought often separates the two, in Chinese culture, emotion and reason are more deeply intertwined.—
Precious Adesina,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Wasserman, who separated from his wife, Laura, in 2021, has denied the allegations.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Economic and religious activities disrupted by DHS Muslims in Minneapolis, estimated now to be more than 100,000, have lived in the city for well over a century, and the city has embraced them.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Her beau-to-be follows her into the fields and sneaks up on her, stumbling over a rock at the last possible moment, disrupting what might have been her first actual orgasm.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Also on Wednesday, a split LCRA Board of Directors advanced an update to the authority’s Water Management Plan, which dictates how water from Lakes Travis and Buchanan is divided between city water utilities like Austin Water and coastal rice farmers downstream.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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Once dark and divided into too many small spaces, this Victorian house has benefited from a careful redesign entrusted to the duo at Penrose Tilbury.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
17 Feb. 2026
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The citizens of Texas are confusing hospitality for complacency.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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To give my permission to be sad, to be angry, to be confused.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Karaban almost had a costly turnover on an inbound play with 14 seconds left, but the Huskies fouled up three and Mulready split his free throw attempts, setting up the game-clinching freebies from the Huskies’ captain.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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Although the servicing stop for the California Zephyr is too short to explore beyond the platform, Denver is a great overnight choice for passengers splitting up the 43-hour journey.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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Mist the soil instead of overhead watering, which can disturb the seeds.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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Managing the genetic health of such a small population is essential for the species’ long-term viability, and the hair-collection method offers a noninvasive way to gather vital data without disturbing the wombats in their burrows.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Republican strategists argue the message risks looking disconnected from voters’ daily concerns.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Feb. 2026
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There was also another hose disconnected for driving cooling, which affects airflow.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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That left the Broncos with no option but to grab their bags and shuffle along the final icy stretch before reaching the safety of indoors.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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To use Smith at the top of the lineup would likely require the Rangers to shuffle the leadoff hitter against lefties, thus creating more moving parts.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Disjoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjoint. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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