disjointed

/dis'dʤɔintid/

Thân thiện

The instructions were disjointed and hard to follow.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Separated at the joint; dislocated: Refers to something that has been taken apart at the joints or is out of its proper position at a joint.
   • Lacking orderly continuity; incoherent: Describes thoughts, speech, or narratives that are not logically connected or are fragmented.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The X-ray revealed a disjointed finger. (The bone at the joint was out of place.)
  • After the accident, he suffered from a disjointed shoulder. (His shoulder was dislocated.)
  • Her explanation was disjointed and hard to follow. (Her explanation was incoherent and lacked logical flow.)
  • The movie's plot was disjointed, jumping between unrelated scenes. (The plot was fragmented and not smoothly connected.)

Advanced Usage

• In a technical or medical context: Often used to describe anatomical separations.
  • The surgeon repaired the disjointed bones.
• In a literary or critical context: Used to critique narrative structure or argumentation.
  • The author's disjointed style reflects the character's state of mind.

Variants and Related Words

• Disjoint (verb): To separate or disconnect at the joints; to destroy the coherence of.
  • The impact disjointed his elbow.
  • The editor warned that the new chapter disjointed the flow of the novel.
• Disjointedly (adverb): In a disconnected or incoherent manner.
  • He spoke disjointedly about the events.

Synonyms

• Disconnected: Not joined or linked; lacking a logical sequence.
• Incoherent: Unclear or difficult to understand because ideas are not connected.
• Fragmented: Broken into separate parts; disjointed.
• Dislocated: Displaced from the proper position at a joint.

Antonyms

• Coherent: Logical and consistent; forming a unified whole.
• Connected: Joined or linked together.
• Articulated: Having joints; connected in a clear and effective way.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• (To be) All over the place: An informal idiom meaning disorganized or incoherent, similar to one sense of "disjointed."
  • His presentation was all over the place; his points were completely disjointed.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. separated at the joint
   • a dislocated knee
   • a separated shoulder
2. taken apart at the joints
   • a disjointed fowl
3. lacking orderly continuity
   • a confused set of instructions
   • a confused dream about the end of the world
   • disconnected fragments of a story
   • scattered thoughts

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dislocated
• separated
• confused
• disconnected
• disordered
• garbled
• illogical
• scattered
• unconnected