Disjoint
[dɪs'dʒɒɪnt] or [dɪs'dʒɔɪnt]
Definition
(verb.) separate at the joints; 'disjoint the chicken before cooking it'.
(adj.) having no elements in common .
Edited by Ben--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.
(v. t.) Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice.
(v. t.) To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
(v. i.) To fall in pieces.
Edited by Ethelred
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Dislocate, luxate, put out of joint.[2]. Unloose, disconnect, disjoin.
Typed by Ada
Examples
- Ill, most ill, with disjointed words, bare and weak, have I expressed the feeling with which I clung to them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Could there have been anything like her present disjointed volubility in the fascinations that had captivated him? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The shaking figure, unnerved and disjointed from head to foot, put out its two hands a little way, as making overtures of peace and reconciliation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the clatter of loose windows that made talk impossible they bumped over the disjointed cobblestones to the wharf. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Editor: Peter