Disjointed
[dɪs'dʒɒɪntɪd] or [dɪs'dʒɔɪntɪd]
Definition
(adj.) separated at the joint; 'a dislocated knee'; 'a separated shoulder' .
(adj.) taken apart at the joints; 'a disjointed fowl' .
Typed by Elinor--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Disjoint
(a.) Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent.
Edited by Jeremy
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.
Edited by Jeremy