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Synonyms

deconstructed

British  
/ ˌdiːkənˈstrʌktɪd /

adjective

  1. having no formal structure

    a deconstructed jacket

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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As it hovers in the air above, we get to consider the two parts of this one-time whole and how the light changes inside this deconstructed space.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Trump offered to build a modular ballroom at the White House that could be deconstructed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

The album attempts to recreate that feeling with a series of abstract, futuristic soundscapes and deconstructed club tracks.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

Along with Carnival and the city’s festivals, Bourbon taught me what a crowd of strangers could be good for: My everyday self could be deconstructed, connected to others, and then put back together, somehow nourished.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025

On the other hand, Adams possessed a congenital affinity for deconstructed interpretations of history, of his own life, indeed of practically everything.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis