as in divided
disagreeing with each other
the disunited members of the committee couldn't accomplish anything
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as in separated
to set or force apart
attempted to disunite the members of the club by vicious gossip
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Recent Examples of disunited
Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
Verb
Opponents of the Islamic Republic remain hopelessly disorganized and disunited.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunited
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Conversation starters → A cruise line is testing a new free lunch menu, but passengers remain divided over the change.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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But when broken down to younger voters, preferences were more divided.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2026
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Police said witness accounts indicate that the couple arrived at Zuri Hotel in Zanzibar on April 4 and had been quarreling frequently until the night of April 8, when hotel management separated them and asked McCann to move to a separate villa about a 10-minute walk away.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Both justices attended Yale Law School, separated by 11 years.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Pixels • One promising character disconnected from the plotting so far is Zach Galifianakis as Carl Bardolph, a client of JoAnne’s who made some untold fortune in the business, but has since turned into a bitter recluse.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
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The South Suburban Council did not respond to requests for comment, and a phone number listed on its website appeared to have been disconnected.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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In this game, a Proposer is given a sum of money and invited to choose in what proportion to split it with a Receiver.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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What is the fairest way to split the cash?—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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