disjoint

1. a. Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Source: opted

2. v. t. Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. v. t. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech. Source: opted

6. v. i. To fall in pieces. Source: opted

7. adj. having no elements in common Source: wordnet

8. v. part; cease or break association with Source: wordnet

9. v. separate at the joints Source: wordnet

10. v. make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of Source: wordnet

11. v. become separated, disconnected or disjoint Source: wordnet

12. Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton. Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer. 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. To fall in pieces. Shak. Source: webster

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