'Disjointed' definitions:
Definition of 'disjointed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" [syn: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected]
adjective
Taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl"
adjective
Separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder" [syn: disjointed, dislocated, separated]
Definition of 'Disjointed'
From: GCIDE
- Disjointed \Dis*joint"ed\, a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disjointed'
From: GCIDE
- Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjointing.]
- 1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. [1913 Webster]
- Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint an edifice. [1913 Webster]
- Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disjointed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aimless,
- alienated,
- confused,
- detached,
- directionless,
- disarranged,
- disarticulated,
- disconnected,
- discontinuous,
- disengaged,
- disjoined,
- disjoint,
- disjunct,
- dislocated,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- disorganized,
- dispersed,
- displaced,
- disunited,
- divided,
- divorced,
- estranged,
- fitful,
- inchoate,
- incoherent,
- isolated,
- jumbled,
- loose,
- mixed up,
- muddled,
- out,
- out of gear,
- out of joint,
- rambling,
- removed,
- scattered,
- segregated,
- separated,
- sequestered,
- shut off,
- split up,
- unconnected,
- unhinged,
- unjointed,
- unorganized