disjointed

disjointed
    adj 1: 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}]
    2: taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl"
    3: separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated
       shoulder" [syn: {disjointed}, {dislocated}, {separated}]
    

Disjointed \Dis*joint"ed\, a.
   Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. --
   {Dis*joint"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ness}, n.
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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.
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            Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,
            But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior.
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   2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts
      are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to
      disjoint an edifice.
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            Some half-ruined wall
            Disjointed and about to fall.         --Longfellow.
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   3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make
      incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "disjointed":
      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