disjointedness

noun

1
as in disruption

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2
as in incoherence

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Recent Examples of disjointedness Slow starts, Karl-Anthony Towns’ inconsistent offensive involvement and disjointedness on both ends of the floor have been pain points for this Knicks team all season under new head coach Mike Brown. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjointedness
  1. disruption
  2. incoherence
  3. disorder
  4. dimness
  5. disconnection
  6. vagueness
  7. confusion
  8. indirectness
Noun
  • Indonesia has pledged to keep subsidized fuel prices unchanged through 2026, which may strain the budget if oil prices rise again due to supply disruptions or a worsening of military confrontations.
    — Celestine Iyer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The move came Monday amid growing economic pressure and public frustration being felt in Russia after months of escalating Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries and e-commerce hubs that have caused nationwide disruptions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of disruption
Noun
  • With a suffocating debt and pension load, and another looming budget deficit, Chicago cannot afford incoherence on this important fiscal and social issue.
    — Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • His work thrives on the incoherence of his own restless curiosity.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of incoherence
Noun
  • Aaronson pointed to the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy, a measure of disorder, tends to increase over time.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Buprenorphine, semisynthetic opioid medication used primarily to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) and to manage severe chronic pain.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of disorder
Noun
  • One acrylic piece plus one strip of 12 percent NDF knocked the display back to just about the perfect dimness, comparable to my existing cheap bedside clock.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
  • Both panels are wrapped by thin bezels and get up to 3500 nits of brightness, but only the Pro screen can drop to 1 nit of dimness (which is easier on the eyes for use in a dark room).
    — Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Definition of dimness
Noun
  • Asking an older woman for guidance can start that cycle for both of you, especially when so many younger and older people are struggling with loneliness and disconnection.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Only 30% of marketing teams currently own the customer journey end-to-end, and that fragmentation tends to show up in the experience as disconnection between touchpoints.
    — Priya Gill, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnection
Noun
  • What erodes trust is vagueness, backtracking and the sense that someone is managing you rather than leveling with you.
    — Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Declare the state's rules void for vagueness under the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of vagueness
Noun
  • Trouble with the way samples are handled or the presence of other medical conditions such as kidney problems or viral illnesses can also lead to confusion with interpreting the results.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Over the past week and a half, Wattpad users across social media have expressed varying degrees of confusion and outrage over their belief that the fanfiction site has introduced restrictive new rules.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of confusion
Noun
  • More often, though, the indirectness and the anonymity of digital exchanges have sabotaged understanding.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of indirectness

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“Disjointedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjointedness. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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