disjoint

[ dis-joint ]

verb (used with object)

1. to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.
2. to put out of order; derange.

verb (used without object)

1. to come apart.
2. to be dislocated; be out of joint.

adjective

1. Mathematics.
   1. (of two sets) having no common elements.
   2. (of a system of sets) having the property that every pair of sets is disjoint.
2. Obsolete. disjointed; out of joint.

disjoint

/ dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt /

verb

1. to take apart or come apart at the joints
2. tr to disunite or disjoin
3. to dislocate or become dislocated
4. tr; usually passive to end the unity, sequence, or coherence of

adjective

1. maths (of two sets) having no members in common
2. obsolete.
   disjointed

Word History and Origins

Origin of disjoint¹

1400–50; late Middle English disjointen to destroy < Anglo-French, Old French desjoint, past participle of desjoindre to disjoin

Example Sentences

Baylor kept it off rhythm and disjointed for all 40 minutes.

From FiveThirtyEight

Disjoint the bone at the other joint, and remove the skin and meat from the bone by turning them inside out, as in Fig. 41.

From Project Gutenberg

Disjoint the bone here and remove it up to this place, as Fig. 37 illustrates.

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Military operations always tend to disjoint and break up, within their scope, all the relations of society.

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Pull back leg and second joint in one piece with knife; disjoint, then cut off wing.

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The beach of Fales would enthrall but sterilize me—I mean the social muse would disjoint the classic nose of the other.

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