DISJOINTED
confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
(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”
disjointed, dislocated, separated
(adjective) separated at the joint; “a dislocated knee”; “a separated shoulder”
disjointed
(adjective) taken apart at the joints; “a disjointed fowl”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
disjointed (comparative more disjointed, superlative most disjointed)
(figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*joint"ed, a.
Definition: Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent.
– Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv.
– Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.
DISJOINT
Dis*joint", a. Etym: [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See
Disjoin.]
Definition: Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
Dis*joint", n. Etym: [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See
Disjoint, v. t.]
Definition: Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such
disjoint." Chaucer.
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.
Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and
disjoint the brittle frame Prior.
2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are
united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and
edifice.
Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. Longfellow.
3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent;
as, a disjointed speech.
Dis*joint", v. i.
Definition: To fall in pieces. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition